Commencement3.

The following provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 shall come into force on 31st March 2005—

(a)

section 11 (common assault etc as alternative verdict);

(b)

sections 22 to 26 and Schedules 2 and 3 (unfitness to plead and insanity);

(c)

section 28 (disclosure orders for purpose of executing warrants);

(d)

section 29 and Schedule 5 (procedure on breach of community penalty etc);

(e)

section 31 and Schedule 6 (intermittent custody);

(f)

section 58(1) (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 10 in paragraph (h) below;

(g)

paragraphs 1, 3 to 6, 8, 12, 14, 17 to 23, 25, 31 to 32, 45 to 46, 57 to 58 and 60 to 61 of Schedule 10 (minor and consequential amendments);

(h)

section 58(2) (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 11 in paragraph (j) below;

(i)

in Schedule 11 (repeals), the entries relating to:

(i)

the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964;

(ii)

the Criminal Appeal Act 1968;

(iii)

the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968;

(iv)

the Juries Act 1974;

(v)

the Supreme Court Act 1981;

(vi)

the Mental Health Act 1983;

(vii)

the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985;

(viii)

the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991;

(ix)

the Armed Forces Act 1996;

(x)

the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997; and

(xi)

the Sexual Offences Act 2003;

(j)

section 59 (transitionals and transitory provisions) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 12 in paragraph (l) below; and

(k)

paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 12.