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SCHEDULE 4E+W Minor and consequential amendments

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Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (c.36)E+W

1(1)Section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (competence of accused as witness for the defence) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)Omit the words from the beginning to “Provided as follows:—”.

(3)In paragraph (a) of the proviso—

(a)for “so charged” substitute “ charged in criminal proceedings ”; and

(b)for “in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ in the proceedings ”.

(4)In paragraph (e) of the proviso—

(a)for “and being a witness in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings ”; and

(b)for “the offence charged” substitute “ any offence with which he is charged in the proceedings ”.

F1(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)In paragraph (g) of the proviso, for “called as a witness in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ charged in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings ”.

(7)Paragraphs (a), (e), (f) and (g) of the proviso shall be respectively numbered as subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the section.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 1 wholly in force in so far as not already in force at 24.7.2002 see S.I. 2002/1739, {art. 2(f)}

Prospective

Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)E+W

2(1)The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 has effect subject to the following amendments.E+W

(2)In section 37(1) (power to clear court, where child or young person giving evidence, of persons other than bona fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies), for “newspaper or news agency” substitute “ news gathering or reporting organisation ”.

(3)In section 47(2)(c) (bona fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies entitled to be present at sitting of youth court), for “newspapers or news agencies” substitute “ news gathering or reporting organisations ”.

Prospective

Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c.37)E+W

3E+WIn section 57(3) of the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (which provides for sections 39 and 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 to extend to Scotland), for “sections 39 and 49”, in both places, substitute “ section 39 ”.

Marginal Citations

Prospective

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c.19)E+W

4(1)The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 has effect subject to the following amendments.E+W

F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)In section 31(1)(b) (power to give directions exercisable by single judge), for “section 4(4) of the M2Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976” substitute “ section 3(4) of the M3Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 ”.

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 4 para. 4(2) repealed (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 23, s. 67(3), Sch. 6 (with Sch. 7 paras. 3(3), 5(2)); S.I. 1999/3427, art. 3(a)(b)

Marginal Citations

Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c.54)E+W

F35E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3Sch. 4 para. 5 repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(4), 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c.53)E+W

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Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43)E+W

7E+WThe Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 has effect subject to the following amendments.

8E+WF5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5Sch. 4 para. 8 repealed (19.2.2001) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(1), Sch. 15 Pt. V(8)(with Sch. 14 para. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/168, art. 2

9E+WIn section 126 (execution of warrants in Channel Islands and Isle of Man under section 13 of the Indictable Offences Act 1848), after paragraph (e) insert and

(f)warrants of arrest issued under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (offender referred to court by youth offender panel).

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48)E+W

10E+WIn section 72(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (accused to give evidence on oath), after “if he gives evidence, he shall do so” insert “ (subject to sections 55 and 56 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999) ”.

Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20)E+W

11E+WIn section 37(8) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (combining hospital and guardianship orders with other orders), for the words from “shall not” to “which the court” substitute shall not—

(a)pass sentence of imprisonment or impose a fine or make a probation order in respect of the offence,

(b)if the order under this section is a hospital order, make a referral order (within the meaning of Part I of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999) in respect of the offence, or

(c)make in respect of the offender any such order as is mentioned in section 7(7)(b) of the M4Children and Young Persons Act 1969 or section 58 of the M5Criminal Justice Act 1991,

but the court may make any other order which it .

Marginal Citations

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.33)E+W

12E+WThe Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 has effect subject to the following amendments.

13(1)Section 80 (competence and compellability of accused’s spouse) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)Omit subsections (1) and (8).

(3)For subsections (2) to (4) substitute—

(2)In any proceedings the wife or husband of a person charged in the proceedings shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be compellable to give evidence on behalf of that person.

(2A)In any proceedings the wife or husband of a person charged in the proceedings shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be compellable—

(a)to give evidence on behalf of any other person charged in the proceedings but only in respect of any specified offence with which that other person is charged; or

(b)to give evidence for the prosecution but only in respect of any specified offence with which any person is charged in the proceedings.

(3)In relation to the wife or husband of a person charged in any proceedings, an offence is a specified offence for the purposes of subsection (2A) above if—

(a)it involves an assault on, or injury or a threat of injury to, the wife or husband or a person who was at the material time under the age of 16;

(b)it is a sexual offence alleged to have been committed in respect of a person who was at the material time under that age; or

(c)it consists of attempting or conspiring to commit, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of, an offence falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above.

(4)No person who is charged in any proceedings shall be compellable by virtue of subsection (2) or (2A) above to give evidence in the proceedings.

(4A)References in this section to a person charged in any proceedings do not include a person who is not, or is no longer, liable to be convicted of any offence in the proceedings (whether as a result of pleading guilty or for any other reason).

(4)In subsection (5), omit “competent and” and, in the side-note, omit “Competence and”.

14E+WAfter section 80 insert—

80A Rule where accused’s spouse not compellable.

The failure of the wife or husband of a person charged in any proceedings to give evidence in the proceedings shall not be made the subject of any comment by the prosecution.

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33)E+W

15E+WThe Criminal Justice Act 1988 has effect subject to the following amendments.

F616E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6Sch. 4 para. 16 repealed (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 37 Pt. 6; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 44(3) (with Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l))

17E+WIn section 34(3) (unsworn evidence may corroborate other evidence), for “section 52 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991” substitute “ section 56 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 ”.

Prospective

Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (N.I.18)E+W

F7F818E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F8Sch. 4 para. 18 repealed (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 10) and Sch. 4 para. 18 repealed (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), s. 1300(2), Sch. 16; S.I. 2008/2860, art. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with arts. 7, 8, Sch. 2) (which transitional provisions in Sch. 2 are amended (1.10.2009) by S.I. 2009/2476, arts. 1(3), 2(3)(4) and by S.I. 2009/1802, arts. 1, 18, Sch.)

Prospective

Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (N.I.19)E+W

19E+WIn Article 2(2) of the M6Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (interpretation), in the definition of “regulations” for “Article 359(5)” substitute “ Articles 359(5) and 375(3)(b)(ii) ”.

Marginal Citations

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53)E+W

F920E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F9Sch. 4 para. 20 repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(4), 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33)E+W

Prospective

21U.K.The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 has effect subject to the following amendments.

22(1)Section 51 (intimidation etc. of witnesses, jurors and others) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)For subsections (1) to (3) (offences of intimidating, and of doing or threatening harm to, witnesses etc.) substitute—

(1)A person commits an offence if—

(a)he does an act which intimidates, and is intended to intimidate, another person (“the victim”),

(b)he does the act knowing or believing that the victim is assisting in the investigation of an offence or is a witness or potential witness or a juror or potential juror in proceedings for an offence, and

(c)he does it intending thereby to cause the investigation or the course of justice to be obstructed, perverted or interfered with.

(2)A person commits an offence if—

(a)he does an act which harms, and is intended to harm, another person or, intending to cause another person to fear harm, he threatens to do an act which would harm that other person,

(b)he does or threatens to do the act knowing or believing that the person harmed or threatened to be harmed (“the victim”), or some other person, has assisted in an investigation into an offence or has given evidence or particular evidence in proceedings for an offence, or has acted as a juror or concurred in a particular verdict in proceedings for an offence, and

(c)he does or threatens to do it because of that knowledge or belief.

(3)For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) it is immaterial that the act is or would be done, or that the threat is made—

(a)otherwise than in the presence of the victim, or

(b)to a person other than the victim.

(3)In subsection (8) (presumption in proceedings for offence under subsection (2))—

(a)for “he did or threatened to do an act falling within paragraph (a) within the relevant period” substitute within the relevant period—

(a)he did an act which harmed, and was intended to harm, another person, or

(b)intending to cause another person fear of harm, he threatened to do an act which would harm that other person,

and that he did the act, or (as the case may be) threatened to do the act, ; and

(b)after “to have done the act” insert “ or (as the case may be) threatened to do the act ”.

23E+WIn section 136 (cross-border execution of arrest warrants), after subsection (7) insert—

(7A)This section applies as respects a warrant issued under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (warrant for arrest of offender referred back to court by youth offender panel) as it applies to a warrant issued in England or Wales for the arrest of a person charged with an offence.

Prospective

24E+WIn Schedule 11 (repeals), the entry relating to section 57(4) of the M7Children and Young Persons Act 1969 shall be treated as, and as always having been, an entry relating to section 57(4) of the M8Children and Young Persons Act 1963.

Marginal Citations

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37)E+W

25E+WThe Crime and Disorder Act 1998 has effect subject to the following amendments.

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Textual Amendments

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Textual Amendments

28E+WIn section 38(4) (definition of “youth justice services”), after paragraph (j) there shall be inserted—

(k)the implementation of referral orders within the meaning of Part I of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.

F1229E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F12Sch. 4 para. 29 repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(4), 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)

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Textual Amendments

F13Sch. 4 para. 30 repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(4), 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)

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