The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 8) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 851 (C. 17)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 8) Order 1998

Made

11th March 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 45(9) and 77(2) and (4) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 8) Order 1998.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.

2.  1st April 1998 is hereby appointed for the purposes of section 45 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 insofar as that section relates to notices of transfer served under section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991(2).

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

11th March 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st April 1998 for the purposes of section 45 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (notices of transfer) insofar as it relates to notices of transfer served under section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (certain cases involving children).

Section 45 applies where a notice of transfer is served under section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 on or after 1st April 1998.

(1)

1996 c. 25.

(2)

1991 c. 53; section 53 was amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 9 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33).