Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3263 (C. 82)

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3 and Appointed Day) Order 1998

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(a) section 103 (recall to prison of short-term prisoners);

(b) paragraphs 83 and 88 of Schedule 8, to the extent that they are not already in force;

(c) paragraph 12 of Schedule 9, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(d) the entries in Schedule 10 relating to sections 37 (to the extent that that entry is not already in force), 38 and 45 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991[2].

     3. Section 99 and, to the extent that it is not already in force, section 100 (power to release short-term prisoners on licence including curfew condition) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 9 to, the 1998 Act shall come into force on 28th January 1999.

     4. Sections 25 and 27 and, to the extent that it is not already in force, section 26 (power to require removal of masks etc.; power of arrest for failure to comply with requirement; retention and disposal of things seized) of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st March 1999.

     5. The following provisions of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st April 1999:

(a) section 1 (anti-social behaviour orders);

(b) section 4 (appeals against orders), to the extent that it is not already in force;

(c) section 19 (anti-social behaviour orders) in Scotland;

(d) sections 21 and 22 (procedural provisions and offences in connection with orders in Scotland), to the extent that they are not already in force;

(e) section 71(4) (residential requirements of supervision orders).

     6. Sections 80 and 81 (sentencing guidelines and Sentencing Advisory Panel) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 9 to, the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st July 1999.

     7. 1st April 1999 is appointed for the purposes of section 6 of the 1998 Act.


Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office
21st December 1998

[2] 1991 c. 53.back