Provisions coming into force on 18th June 2012 in certain local justice areas and the Crown Court for certain purposes4

1

The following provisions of the 2003 Act come into force on 18th June 2012 in relation to the relevant local justice areas—

a

section 41, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (c);

b

section 332, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (d);

c

Schedule 36, so far as it is not already in force, other than—

i

paragraph 19(1), so far as it would insert section 52B(4) of the 1998 Act;

ii

paragraph 19(2)(b);

iii

paragraph 57(2) (amendment of section 7A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 19857);

iv

paragraph 66(4), so far as it would omit paragraph (a) of the modified section 3(8) of the 1996 Act (initial duty of prosecutor to disclose);

v

paragraphs 70 and 71(d) (extending to Northern Ireland reporting restrictions for applications for dismissal);

d

Part 4 of Schedule 378, so far as it is not already in force, other than the entry relating to paragraph (a) of the modified section 3(8) of the 1996 Act.

2

The relevant local justice areas are: Bath and Wansdyke; Berkshire; Bristol; Liverpool and Knowsley; North Avon; North Hampshire; North Somerset; Ormskirk; Sefton; St Helens; Wigan and Leigh; and Wirral.

3

The provisions specified in paragraph (1) are also to come into force on 18th June 2012 in relation to the Crown Court where it deals with—

a

a person sent for trial by a magistrates’ court in a relevant local justice area;

b

a person committed for sentence by a magistrates’ court in a relevant local justice area.