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The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2013

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2013-09-17

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Made: 17th September 2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(2) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013[^f00001]:

Citation and interpretation

1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 5) Order2013.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

Commencement of section 50 of, and Schedule 20 to, the Act

2

(1) Section 50 of the Act comes into force in accordance with this article.

(2) For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 20 to the Act, in so far as they insert sections 19F(2) and 83E(2) in to the Extradition Act 2003[^f00002], in so far as those sections give the Secretary of State the power to make an order designating prosecutors and descriptions of prosecutors, on 18th September 2013.

(3) In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, for all remaining purposes of Part 1 of Schedule 20 to the Act, on 14th October 2013.

(4) In Northern Ireland, for the purposes of Part 2 of Schedule 20 to the Act, on 14th October 2013.

Signed

Mark Harper — Minister of State — 17th September 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order is the fifth commencement order made under the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) (“the Act”).

This Order commences a number of provisions of the Act relating to extradition on 18th September and 14th October 2013.

The provisions coming into force on 18th September 2013 amend the Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41) to give the Secretary of State the power to make an order designating prosecutors or descriptions of prosecutors for the purposes of conducting forum proceedings. This power is commenced for the United Kingdom.

It brings the remaining forum provisions of Schedule 20 in to force on 14th October 2013 for the purposes of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also brings into force for Northern Ireland Part 2 of that Schedule, which relates to human rights issues.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2013 c. 22.

[^f00002]: 2003 c. 41.

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