LegalizeThe Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2012
Made: 13th September 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(3) and 53(1) of the Police and Justice Act 2006[^f00001]:
Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2012.
Appointed day
2
The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 8th October 2012, so far as they are not already in force—
- (a) section 45 (attendance by accused at certain preliminary or sentencing hearings); and
- (b) section 46 (live link bail).
Signed
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Helen Grant — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 13th September 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into force on 8th October 2012 the provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) (“the 2006 Act”) specified in Article 2 in so far as they are not already in force.
Section 45 of the 2006 Act inserts section 57C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37). Section 57C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 enables the use of a live video link at a preliminary hearing in a magistrates’ court where the accused is in police detention at a police station.
Section 46 of the 2006 Act amends the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) to enable the police to grant bail subject to a duty to attend at a police station for proceedings in relation to a live link direction.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2006 c. 48.
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