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The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1988

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1988 No. 1564 (C.56)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1988

Made

8th September 1988

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 16(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987((1)), I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1988.

2.  The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 31st October 1988.

Home Office 8th September 1988

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Article 2

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1987COMING INTO FORCE ON 31st OCTOBER 1988

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions
Sections 4 to 6Transfer of cases to Crown Court
Sections 7 to 10Preparatory hearings
Section 11Reporting restrictions
Section 15 and Schedule 2, except so far as they are already in forceMinor and consequential amendments

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 31st October 1988 sections 4 to 11, and, so far as they are not already in force, section 15 of and Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1987. Sections 4 to 11 provide for the transfer of criminal proceedings involving serious or complex fraud from the magistrates' court to the Crown Court. Section 15 and Schedule 2 make related consequential amendments. The other provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 are already in force by virtue of earlier commencement orders (S.I. 1987/1061, 1988/397).

(1)

1987 c. 38; the relevant provisions are amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), section 144, Schedules 15 and 16.

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