The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 13) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 3425 (C. 93)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 13) Order 1999

Made

15th December 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 171(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(1), I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 13) Order 1999.

2.  The following provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 shall come into force on 1st January 2000—

(a) the entries relating to sections 39 and 40 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973(2) in Schedule 16 (repeals); and

(b) section 170(2), to the extent necessary to bring the entries mentioned in paragraph (a) above into force.

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

15th December 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the repeal of sections 39 and 40 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, which is effected by section 170(2) of, and Schedule 16 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”). The repealed provisions relate to criminal bankruptcy orders. The power to make such orders was abolished on 3rd April 1989 by section 101 of the 1988 Act.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order—

Provisions	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 123, Schedule 8, sections 125 to 128, Schedule 10, section 170(1) (partially), section 170(2) (partially), Schedule 15 (partially) and Schedule 16 (partially)	1.10.1988	1988/1408
Sections 33,34, 37 to 39, 40 to 42, 49, 51 to 57, 59, 63, 70, 96, 97, 104 to 107, 121, 122, 131 to 133, 145, 147, 148, 155 to 147, 163 to 165, 170(1) (partially), 170(2) (partially), Schedule 11, Schedule 12, Schedule 15 (partially) and Schedule 16 (partially)	12.10.1988	1988/1676
Section 124 and Schedule 9, section 170(2) (partially), and Schedule 16 (partially)	1.11.1988	1988/1817(S. 169)
Sections 32 (partially), 50, 60 to 62, 118, 120, 130, 152 to 154, 170(1) (partially), 170(2) (partially), Schedule 15 (partially), Schedule 16 (partially)	5.1.1989	1988/2073
Sections 35 and 36, section 170(1) (partially), Schedule 3, Schedule 15 (partially)	1.2.1989	1989/1
Section 103, Schedule 5 (partially), section 170(2) (partially), Schedule 16 (partially)	23.1.1989	1989/50
Part II and Schedule 2, sections 30 and 31, Part VI (partially), section 151(5), Schedule 5 (partially), Schedule 15 (partially) and Schedule 16 (partially)	3.4.1989	1989/264
Section 43, section 146 and Schedule 13, sections 159, 170(1) (partially) and 170(2) (partially), Schedule 15 (partially) and Schedule 16 (partially)	31.7.1989	1989/1085
Section 119	15.2.1990	1989/1085
Section 1(9) (partially) and Part II of Schedule 1	26.9.1989	1989/1595
Section 29 (partially)	12.3.1990	1990/220
Sections 22 and 65	5.6.1990	1990/1145
Section 32 (partially)	22.10.1990	1990/2084

(1)

1988 c. 33.

(2)

1973 c. 62.