The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement) (Prescription of Arrangement for Monitoring) (Amendment) Order 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/234 |
2017 No. 234
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement) (Prescription of Arrangement for Monitoring) (Amendment) Order 2017
Made 1st March 2017
Laid before Parliament 2nd March 2017
Coming into force 31th March 2017
The Secretary of State, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 212A(6) and (7) of the Criminal Justice Act 20031.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement) (Prescription of Arrangement for Monitoring) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 31st March 2017.
2. At the end of article 2(1) (prescription for the purpose of section 212A(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement) (Prescription of Arrangement for Monitoring) Order 20162, insert “(as amended by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirements) Piloting (Amendment) Order 2017)”3.
Sam Gyimah
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
1st March 2017
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement) (Prescription of Arrangement for Monitoring) Order 2016 ( S.I. 2016/327) (the “2016 Order”). Section 76 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)(the “2012 Act”) inserts section 212A in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)and has been in force, for the purposes of a pilot, since 31st July 2014. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirements) Piloting Order 2016 ( S.I. 2016/286) extended the pilot to nine local justice areas across London from 1st April 2016 until the end of 31st March 2017. The pilot is now extended for a further period of 12 months by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring...
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