Citation and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2017.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, and

“the Agreement” means the Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Driving Disqualifications between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ireland made on 30th October 2015( 2 ).

Commencement of provisions coming into force the day after this order is made

2. —(1) The provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2) come into force the day after this order is made.

(2) The provisions are —

(a) section 31(5) for the purposes of making regulations to specify an agreement made between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland,

(b) section 31(6)(a) in so far as it relates to paragraph 14 of Schedule 7, and

(c) paragraph 14 of Schedule 7.

Commencement of other provisions of the Act

3. —(1) The provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2) come into force —

(a) on the date when the United Kingdom and Ireland notify each other under Article 14(1) of the Agreement that their respective internal procedures for bringing the Agreement into force have been completed, or

(b) if the notifications are not given on the same date, on the date when the later of those notifications is given.

(2) The provisions are —

(a) section 31 (mutual recognition of driving disqualification in UK and Republic of Ireland) in so far as it is not already in force, and

(b) Schedule 7 (mutual recognition of driving disqualification in UK and Republic of Ireland) in so far as it is not already in force.

(3) The Secretary of State must give notice in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazette of the date on which the provisions of the Act come into force pursuant to paragraph (1).