Citation, extent and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments)(No.2) Order 2015.

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

(3) Article 2 comes into force in England and Wales and Scotland on whichever is the later of—

(a)the 22nd day after that on which this Order is made, or

(b)the day on which section 56 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 first comes into force in any part of Great Britain.

(4) Article 3 comes into force in England and Wales on whichever is the later of—

(a)the 22nd day after that on which this Order is made, or

(b)the day on which section 56 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 comes into force in England and Wales.

(5) Article 3 comes into force in Scotland on whichever is the later of—

(a)the 22nd day after that on which this Order is made, or

(b)the day on which section 56 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 comes into force in Scotland.

(6) The amendments to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(1) made by article 2 do not apply in relation to any offence under section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988(2) committed before the day on which article 2 comes into force.

(7) The amendments to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 made by article 3 do not apply in relation to any offence under section 7 or 7A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 committed before the day on which article 3 comes into force in the place in which the offence was committed.

(1)

1988 c.53; section 45(7)(a) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 was amended by section 48 and paragraph 99(1) and (4) of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40) and by section 58(3)(b) of the Road Safety Act 2006 (c.49). The Road Safety Act 2006 section 10(12) and paragraph 41 of Schedule 3 repeal section 45 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, but that amendment has not yet been brought into force. There are other amendments to section 45(7) but they are not relevant to this Order. The Road Safety Act 2006 section 9(6) and paragraphs 2 and 10 of Schedule 2 inserted section 45A into the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. The Road Safety Act 2006 section 10(12) and paragraphs 30 and 42 of Schedule 3 substitute subsections (3) to (5) of section 45A of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, but that amendment has not yet been brought into force.

(2)

1988 c.52; section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 was inserted by section 56 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013.