1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2000.

(2) In this Order, “the 1998 Act” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

2.  To the extent that they are not already in force, the following provisions shall, subject to article 3 below, come into force on 15th January 2001:

(a)sections 51 and 52 of the 1998 Act (no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences etc.)(2);

(b)Schedule 3 of the 1998 Act (3);

(c)paragraphs 3, 5(1)(a) and (2), 8, 12, 28, 29, 37, 40(2), 44, 45, 48, 49, 52(2), 63 to 67, 93 and 125(a), 126, 128 and 129 of Schedule 8 to the 1998 Act(4);

(d)in Schedule 10, the entry relating to sections 125 and 126 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(5).

3.  In relation to any area not specified in Schedule 2 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998, the provisions referred to in article 2 above shall apply only where the adult who appears or is brought before a magistrates' court in the proceedings in respect of which he is charged with an indictable-only offence, as provided for in section 51(1) of the 1998 Act, so appears or is brought before the court for the first time on or after 15th January 2001.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings fully into force on 15th January 2001 sections 51 and 52 of and Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 which provides that there shall be no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences. These provisions are already in force in the areas specified in Schedule 2 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998. The Order also brings into force a number of minor and consequential amendments and repeals.

In relation to areas not specified in Schedule 2 to the 1998 Order, the provisions commenced by this Order apply only where the adult who appears or is brought before a magistrates' court in the proceedings in respect of which he is charged with an indictable-only offence, as provided for in section 51(1) of the 1998 Act, so appears or is brought before the court for the first time on or after 15th January 2001.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have been brought into force by commencement orders before the date of this Order.