Commencement2

The following provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 shall come into force on 21st March 2005—

a

sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 (causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult);

b

section 58(1) (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 10 in paragraph (c) below;

c

paragraphs 2, 7, 16, 24, 26 to 27, 29, 33, 54, 56, 59 and 65 to 66 of Schedule 10 (minor and consequential amendments);

d

section 58(2) (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 11 in paragraph (e) below;

e

in Schedule 11 (repeals), the entries relating to:

i

the Coroners Act 1988; and

ii

the Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996;

f

section 59 (transitionals and transitory provisions) in so far as it relates to the paragraph of Schedule 12 in paragraph (g) below; and

g

paragraph 2 of Schedule 12.