The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No.4) Order 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 5th January 1989 section 32, in part, sections 50, 60, 61, 62, 118, 120, 130, 152, 153 and 154 and section 170, in part, of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and associated amendments and repeals in Schedules 15 and 16 to that Act. These provisions make miscellaneous changes to the law on criminal procedure and evidence. In relation to trial on indictment, they allow for the discretionary deferral of jury service, abolish the right of peremptory challenge of jurors, and enable evidence to be given by live television link by witnesses under the age of 14 in trials for certain offences. They also amend the law relating to bail applications and remands, computation of sentence where time has been spent in local authority care, and fine enforcement, and provide for the application of the law on suspended and partly suspended sentences in courts-martial and Standing Civilian Courts.