The Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1996

Made: 16th December 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 32 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995[^f00001] the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1996.

2

In this Order “the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Appeal Act 1995.

3

Section 8 of and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act, for the purposes for which they are not already in force[^f00002], and section 31(1)(a) of and paragraphs 3 to 11 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 7 to 11 of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Act shall come into force on 1 January 1997.

Signed

Michael Howard — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 16th December 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings fully into force on 1 January 1997 section 8 of and Schedule 1 and paragraphs in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Appeal Act 1995. (Section 8 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 came into force on 12 ecember 1996 for the purposes of making recommendations and appointments under that section and paragraph 1 of that Schedule, see the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3041)).

These provisions relate to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the body established under section 8 of that Act to consider claims of miscarriages of justice.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c. 35.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1996/3041 brought these provisions into force on 12 December 1996 for purposes of making recommendations for appointments to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, and making such appointments.