Statutory Instruments
Criminal Law
Made
11th February 2014
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 61(2) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013(1), makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2014.
2. The following provisions of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 come into force on 24th February 2014—
(a)section 45 (deferred prosecution agreements); and
(b)Schedule 17 (deferred prosecution agreements).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Damian Green
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
11th February 2014
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the eighth commencement order made under the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). It brings into force section 45 of and Schedule 17 to that Act, which make provision for deferred prosecution agreements.
A deferred prosecution agreement is an agreement between a prosecutor and an organisation facing prosecution for an economic or financial offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Act, by virtue of which agreement the organisation agrees to comply with a range of terms and conditions and the prosecutor agrees to instigate but then defer criminal proceedings for the alleged offence on approval of the deferred prosecution agreement.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22) have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1(1) and (2) | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 1(3) and (11) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 1(12) (partially) | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 1(12), so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 2 | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 3 | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 4(1) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 4(2) to (9) | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 4(10) (partially) | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 4(10), so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 5(1) to (9), (11) and (12) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 5(10) (partially) | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 5(10), so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 6(1), (3) and (4) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 6(2) | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 7 | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 8(1) to (5) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| section 8(6) (partially) | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 8(6), so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 9(1) to (3) and (5) to (8) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 9(4) (partially) | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 9(4) (partially) | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 9(4), so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 10 | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 11(1) to (5), (7) and (8) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 11(6) (partially) | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 11(6), so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 11(9) (partially) | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 11(9), so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 12 | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 13 | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 14 | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 15(1) and (2) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 15(3) (partially) | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 15(3) (partially) | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 15(3) (partially) | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 16 | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 17(4) | 4th September 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Section 17(5) (partially) | 1st October 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Section 20 (partially) | 15th July 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Section 20 (partially) | 4th September 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Section 20 (partially) | 1st October 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Section 21 | 1st October 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Section 22 | 1st November 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Section 23 | 15th July 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Section 24 | 7th January 2014 | 2013/3176 |
| Section 25(4) (partially) | 15th July 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Section 25(5) and (8) | 15th July 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Section 27 | 11th December 2013 | 2013/2981 |
| Section 29 | 15th July 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Section 30 | 1st October 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Section 32 | 15th July 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Section 44 (partially) | 11th December 2013 | 2013/2981 |
| Section 50 (partially) | 29th July 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 50 (partially, as to England and Wales | 29th July 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Section 50 (partially) | 18th September 2013 | 2013/2349 |
| Section 50 (partially, as to England and Wales and Northern Ireland) | 14th October 2013 | 2013/2349 |
| Section 50 (partially, as to Northern Ireland) | 14th October 2013 | 2013/2349 |
| Section 51 | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 52 | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 53 | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 54 | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 55(1) and (2) | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 55(3) (partially) | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 55(5) | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 55(6) to (13) | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 55(14) (partially) | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Section 57 | 1st February 2014 | 2013/2981 |
| Schedule 1, paragraph 7 | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 1, so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 2, paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 2, so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 3, paragraph 34 | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 3, so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 4, paragraph 1 | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 4, so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 5, paragraphs 5, 27, 28, 29 and 30 | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 5, paragraph 4 | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 5, so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 6, paragraph 5(5) and (6) | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 6, so far as not already in force | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 7 | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 to 5 and 13 | 8th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 8, paragraphs 101 to 103 | 27th May 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 8, paragraphs 6 to 10, 12 to 100 and 104 to 190 | 7th October 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 9, paragraphs 21 (except for sub-paragraph (3)), 27 and 30 | 1st October 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Schedule 13, Parts 2, 6 and 7 | 15th July 2013 | 2013/1725 |
| Schedule 13, Part 3 | 4th September 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Schedule 13, Parts 1 and 4 (partially) | 1st October 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Schedule 14 | 1st October 2013 | 2013/2200 |
| Schedule 16, Parts 1 to 3 and 5 to 7, so far as extending to the United Kingdom, Part 8 except paragraph 37 | 11th December 2013 | 2013/2981 |
| Schedule 20, paragraphs 16 to 29 | 29th July 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 20, paragraphs 10 to 15, as to England and Wales | 29th July 2013 | 2013/1682 |
| Schedule 20, paragraphs 3 and 6 (partially) | 18th September 2013 | 2013/2349 |
| Schedule 20, Part 1, so far as not already in force as to England and Wales and Northern Ireland | 14th October 2013 | 2013/2349 |
| Schedule 20, Part 2, as to Northern Ireland | 14th October 2013 | 2013/2349 |
| Schedule 21, paragraphs 1 to 13 | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 21, paragraph 14 (partially) | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 21, paragraphs 19 and 30 to 38 | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |
| Schedule 21, paragraphs 39 to 50 | 25th June 2013 | 2013/1042 |