3.—(1) The following provisions of the 1998 Act shall, subject to article 9 below, come into force on 30th September 1998 in the areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order–

(a) sections 38(1) to (3) and (5), 39 and 40 (youth justice services; youth offending teams; and youth justice plans);

(b) paragraphs 17, 19, 23, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34(3), 73, 76, 77(a), 94, 95, 96(6) and 131(1) and (2) of Schedule 8; and

(c) the entries in Schedule 10 relating to the words “by a probation officer” in section 2(1) of the 1973 Act and to section 31(2) of the 1997 Act.

(2) Section 46 (date of first court appearance in bail cases) and, to the extent that it is not already in force, section 49 (powers of magistrates' courts exercisable by single justice etc.) of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 30th September 1998 in the areas specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(3) Sections 65 and 66 of, and paragraphs 25 and 61 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to, the 1998 Act (reprimands and warnings) shall come into force on 30th September 1998 for the purpose of warning a person under section 65 in any area specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.