Appointed day2
1
Subject to paragraph (2), 24th April 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
a
section 1 (domestic abuse aggravation);
b
section 5 (non-harassment orders in criminal cases);
c
section 6 (jury directions relating to sexual offences);
d
section 7 (incitement to commit certain sexual acts elsewhere in the United Kingdom);
e
section 8 (commission of certain sexual offences elsewhere in the United Kingdom);
f
section 9 (commission of certain sexual offences outside the United Kingdom);
g
section 41 (interpretation);
h
section 43 (minor and consequential modifications); and
i
paragraph 6 of schedule 2 (minor modification of section 54(8) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 20092).
2
Section 43 of the Act comes into force only for the purpose of commencing paragraph 6 of schedule 2.