Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2010.

(2) In this Order, “the 2006 Act” means the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.

Commencement

2.  The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force, in relation to proceedings in magistrates’ courts in the relevant areas, on 1st April 2010—

(a)section 6 (orders on conviction in criminal proceedings);

(b)section 7 (supplementary provision about orders on conviction);

(c)section 8 (variation or discharge of orders under s.6).

3.  The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2010 in relation to proceedings in magistrates’ courts in the relevant areas, insofar as they are not already in force—

(a)section 9 (interim orders);

(b)section 10 (appeals);

(c)section 11 (breach of drinking banning orders);

(d)section 12 (approved courses);

(e)section 13 (certificates of completion of approved courses); and

(f)section 14 (interpretation of Chapter 1).

4.  In articles 2 and 3, “the relevant areas” means the local justice areas(2) set out in the Schedule.

Article 4

SCHEDULE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force those provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 which provide for the imposition of drinking banning orders on conviction.

Article 2 brings the provisions into force in specified local justice areas (as set out in the Schedule to the Order). Magistrates’ courts in those local justice areas will be able on or after 1^st April 2010 to impose a drinking banning order on conviction in accordance with section 6 of the 2006 Act.

Article 3 brings into force related provisions in the 2006 Act dealing with drinking banning orders, in the specified areas, insofar as they are not already in force in respect of drinking banning orders on application.

Drinking banning orders on application to the magistrates’ court and in county court proceedings (sections 3 and 4 of the 2006 Act) and the related provisions insofar as they relate to those drinking banning orders, have already been brought into force with effect from 31^st August 2009, by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2009 (SI 2009/1840).

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 have been brought into force under commencement orders made before the date of this Order: