Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 818 (C. 50)
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 14) (England and Wales) Order 2015
Made
19th March 2015
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 68(3) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999( 1 ):
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 14) (England and Wales) Order 2015.
(2) In this Order “the 1999 Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
Provisions coming into force on 13th April 2015
2. The following provisions of the 1999 Act come into force in England and Wales on 13th April 2015—
(a) section 45 (power to restrict reporting of criminal proceedings involving persons under 18), insofar as it applies to England and Wales;
(b) section 48(a) (amendments relating to other reporting restrictions);
(c) section 49( 2 ) (offences under Chapter IV), in so far as it has effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A( 3 ) of the 1999 Act;
(d) section 50( 4 ) (defences), in so far as it has effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A of the 1999 Act;
(e) section 51 (offences committed by bodies corporate), in so far as it as effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A of the 1999 Act;
(f) section 52 (decisions as to the public interest) in so far as it has effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A of the 1999 Act;
(g) in Schedule 2( 5 ) (reporting restrictions: miscellaneous amendments)—
(i) paragraph 1; and
(ii) paragraph 3, except for paragraph 3(9)( 6 ); and
(h) in Schedule 7 (transitional provisions and savings), paragraphs 1 and 6( 7 ), in so far as they have effect for the purposes of section 45 of the 1999 Act.
Shailesh Vara
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
19th March 2015
Section 49 is amended by section 78(3) and section 80(b) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2) .
Section 45A is inserted by section 78(2) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2) .
Section 50 is amended by section 78(4) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2) .
Schedule 2 is amended by section 79(11) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2) .
Schedule 2, paragraph 3, is amended by Schedule 9, paragraph 205 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) .
Schedule 7, paragraph 6, is amended by Schedule 16, paragraph 161 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) .