The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, Saving Provision and Specification of Commencement Date) Order 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/423
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, Saving Provision and Specification of Commencement Date) Order 2014.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “the 1974 Act ” means the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 ;

(b) “the 2012 Act ” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; and

(c) “road traffic endorsement” means an order for endorsement made by a court in relation to an offence mentioned in Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (which is a sentence in relation to which the last entry in Table A in section 5(2) of the 1974 Act applies).

Section 2 Provisions coming into force on 10th March 2014

Subject to article 3, the following provisions of the 2012 Act come into force on 10th March 2014—

(a) section 139 (establishment or alteration of rehabilitation periods);

(b) section 141 (transitional and consequential provision) in so far as not already in force; and

(c) Schedule 25 (rehabilitation of offenders: consequential provision) except paragraph 4 (which omits section 3 of the 1974 Act ) (special provision with respect to certain disposals by children’s hearings under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968)).

Section 3 Saving provision in relation to road traffic endorsements

The provisions brought into force by virtue of article 2 except section 139(5)(b) of the 2012 Act (which omits section 6(6) of the 1974 Act) are of no effect in relation to a road traffic endorsement.

Section 4 Specification of commencement date for the purposes of section 141(1) to (6) of the 2012 Act

The commencement date for the purposes of section 141(1) to (6) of the 2012 Act is 10th March 2014.