Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 3282 (C.129)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003

Made

15th December 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 336(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003.

(2) In this Order, “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

2.  The provisions of the 2003 Act referred to in the Schedule shall come into force on 26th January 2004 for the purposes of the passing of a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order relates and the release on licence of a person serving such a sentence.

Paul Goggins

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

15th December 2003

Article 2

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 COMING INTO FORCE ON 26TH JANUARY 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 26th January 2004 provisions of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, to enable the imposition and administration of sentences of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order relates.

This Order should be read together with the Intermittent Custody (Tranistory Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3283), which modifies sections 183(4), (5) and (7) and 241 of the 2003 Act until such time as certain other specified provisions in that Act are brought into force.

(2)

Subsections (4), (5) and (7) of section 183 are modified pursuant to section 333 of the 2003 Act by S.I. 2003/. Section 183(8) came into force on the passing of the 2003 Act pursuant to section 336(1) of the 2003 Act.

(3)

Section 241 is modified pursuant to section 333 of the 2003 Act by S.I. 2003/.