The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2025

Made: 9 April 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the power conferred by section 153(5)(b) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008[^f00001], make the following Order.

Title and interpretation

1

• (1) The title of this Order is the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2025.

• (2) In this Order—

• “the Act” (y Ddeddf”) means the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008;

• “Welsh NHS premises” (“mangreoedd GIG Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 119(4) of the Act.

Provisions coming into force on 11 April 2025

2

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 11 April 2025 in relation to Welsh NHS premises—

• (a) section 119(4) (offence of causing nuisance or disturbance on NHS premises);

• (b) section 120(5) and (6) (power to remove person causing nuisance or disturbance);

• (c) section 121(1) to (3), (5) and (6) (guidance about the power to remove etc.).

Signed

Jeremy Miles — Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, one of the Welsh Ministers — 9 April 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, made by the Welsh Ministers, brings into force on 11 April 2025 specified provisions of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008(c. 4) (“the Act”) in relation to Welsh NHS premises.

Article 2 brings into force provisions of the Act necessary to enable the appropriate national authority to prepare and publish guidance to relevant NHS bodies and authorised officers about the powers to remove a person reasonably suspected of causing a nuisance or disturbance on NHS premises. The appropriate national authority in relation to a relevant Welsh NHS body and authorised officers in respect of Welsh NHS premises means the Welsh Ministers.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 4.