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Provisions coming into force on 31st October 2009

3.  The date appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2008 Act is 31st October 2009—

(a)section 21 (Credit for period of remand on bail: terms of imprisonment and detention) to the extent not already in force;

(b)section 26 (Release of certain long-term prisoners under Criminal Justice Act 1991) to the extent not already in force;

(c)section 29 (Release of prisoners after recall) to the extent not already in force;

(d)section 145 (Amendments to armed forces legislation) to the extent that it relates to the entry in paragraph (h);

(e)section 148(1) (Consequential etc. amendments and transitional and saving provision) to the extent that it relates to the entries in paragraph (i);

(f)section 149 (Repeals and revocations) in so far as it relates to the entry in paragraph (j);

(g)section 151 (Effect of amendments to criminal justice provisions applied for purposes of service law);

(h)paragraph 34 of Schedule 25 (Transitional provisions: compensation for miscarriage of justice);

(i)paragraphs 54, 55, 56 to the extent not already in force, and paragraph 82 of Schedule 26 (Minor and consequential amendments); and

(j)in Part 2 of Schedule 28 (Repeals and revocations), the entries related to—

(i)section 260(3A) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1); and

(ii)sections 221 and 223(3) and paragraphs 218 and 225 of Schedule 16 of the Armed Forces Act 2006(2).