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.