The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015

Made: 12th October 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 95(1) and (6) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and Interpretation

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015.

2

In this Order “the Act” means the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015.

Commencement of Provisions of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

3

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 26th October 2015—

• (a) section 42 (duties of custody officer after charge: arrested juveniles); and

• (b) subject to the transitional provisions in article 4—

• (i) section 91 (procedure for certain planning challenges); and

• (ii) Schedule 16 (procedure for certain planning challenges).

Transitional Provisions

4

The following transitional provisions have effect in relation to Schedule 16 to the Act—

• (a) the amendments made by paragraphs 2 and 4 to 7 do not apply in relation to proceedings challenging—

• (i) an order confirmed or taking effect[^f00002] before 26th October 2015;

• (ii) a relevant costs order[^f00003] made before 26th October 2015; or

• (iii) an action or decision taken before 26th October 2015.

• (b) the amendments made by paragraph 3 do not apply to proceedings challenging a relevant document where the relevant date (within the meaning of section 287(5) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990)[^f00004] is a date earlier than 26th October 2015; and

• (c) the amendments made by paragraph 8 do not apply in relation to proceedings challenging a relevant document where the relevant date (within the meaning of section 113(11) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004[^f00005]) is a date earlier than 26th October 2015.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Department for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis — Minister of State — Department for Communities and Local Government — 12th October 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order commences section 42 and 91 of, and Schedule 16 to the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c.2).

Section 42 of the Act amends section 37(15) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which defines “arrested juvenile” for the purposes of Part 4 of that Act (detention). The effect of the change is that 17 year olds are included in the definition of “arrested juvenile”. The amendments made by section 42 of the Act come into force on 26th October 2015.

Section 91 introduces Schedule 16 of the Act which provides that challenges to a range of planning-related decisions, orders and actions may only be brought with leave of the High Court. Applications for leave must be made within the six-week period following the decision order or action being challenged. Schedule 16 also provides that challenges to the validity of relevant costs orders connected with specific planning decisions, orders and actions can only be brought by way of statutory review.

The amendments made by section 91 and Schedule 16 of the Act only apply to decisions, orders or actions which are confirmed or take effect before 26th October 2015 or to any relevant documents where the date from which they can be challenged is before 26th October 2015.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2015 c.2.

[^f00002]: Orders under section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c.8) and under section 23 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c.9) take effect without confirmation by virtue of, respectively, sections 99 and 25 of those Acts. The amendments made by Schedule 16 make it clear that in those situations the date used for the calculation of time limits is the date on which the order takes effect; in all other cases, the date on which the order is confirmed is used.

[^f00003]: The amendments made by Schedule 16 insert the defined term “relevant costs order” into sections 284 and 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and into section 62 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The meaning is materially identical in both cases: a relevant costs order is an order made under section 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (orders as to the costs of parties), as applied by virtue of any provision of the Act in question.

[^f00004]: 1990 c.8.

[^f00005]: 2004 c.5.