The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2020

• Citation: S.I. 2020/1159
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2020.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.

Section 2 Provision coming into force on 26th October 2020

(1) Section 28 of the Act (video recorded cross-examination or re-examination) comes into force on 26th October 2020 in relation to relevant proceedings.

(2) Proceedings are relevant for the purposes of paragraph (1) if—

(a) they take place before the Crown Court sitting at—

(i) Amersham Law Courts;

(ii) Bolton;

(iii) Burnley Combined Court Centre;

(iv) Caernarfon Justice Centre;

(v) Cardiff;

(vi) Doncaster Justice Centre South;

(vii) Exeter Law Courts;

(viii) Gloucester;

(ix) Ipswich;

(x) King’s Lynn;

(xi) Lancaster;

(xii) Manchester (Crown Square);

(xiii) Manchester (Minshull Street);

(xiv) Merthyr Tydfil Combined Court Centre;

(xv) Newcastle Moot Hall;

(xvi) Newport (South Wales);

(xvii) Norwich Combined Court Centre;

(xviii) Plymouth Combined Court;

(xix) Preston Crown Court and Family Court (Sessions House);

(xx) Salisbury Law Courts;

(xxi) Southampton Combined Court Centre;

(xxii) St. Albans;

(xxiii) Swindon Combined Court;

(xxiv) Teesside Combined Court Centre;

(xxv) Warrington;

(xxvi) Winchester Combined Court Centre;

(xxvii) Worcester Combined Court, or

(xxviii) York, and

(b) the witness is eligible for assistance by virtue of section 16 of the Act (witnesses eligible for assistance on grounds of age or incapacity).