Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
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SCHEDULE 12 Transitional and transitory provisions
Section 59 1 (1) Section 1 and paragraphs 37 to 39 of Schedule 10 apply only in relation to conduct occurring on or after the commencement of that section. (2) In relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022, the reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court in subsection (5)(b) of section 42A of the Family Law Act 1996 (inserted by section 1 of this Act) is to be read as a reference to six months. 2 In section 5, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to an unlawful act does not include an act that (or so much of an act as) occurs before the commencement of that section. 4 Section 10 applies only in relation to offences committed on or after the commencement of that section. 5 (1) Section 12(1) and paragraphs 43(3) and 48 of Schedule 10 do not apply where the conviction occurs before the commencement of those provisions. (2) Section 12(2) applies only in relation to applications made on or after the commencement of that provision. (3) Section 12(4) and paragraphs 43(2) and 44 of Schedule 10 do not apply where the acquittal (or, where subsection (5) of the inserted section 5A applies, the allowing of the appeal) occurs before the commencement of those provisions. 6 (1) Section 13(1) and paragraph 47(3) of Schedule 10 do not apply where the conviction occurs before the commencement of those provisions. (2) Section 13(2) applies only in relation to applications made on or after the commencement of that provision. (3) Section 13(4) and paragraph 47(2) of Schedule 10 do not apply where the acquittal (or, where paragraph (5) of the inserted Article 7A applies, the allowing of the appeal) occurs before the commencement of those provisions. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (1) The provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) do not apply— (a) in relation to proceedings before the Crown Court or a court-martial, where the accused was arraigned before the commencement of those provisions; (b) in relation to proceedings before the Court of Appeal or the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, where the hearing of the appeal began before that commencement. (2) The provisions are— (a) sections 22 and 23; (b) section 24 and Schedule 2; (c) section 26 and Schedule 3; (d) paragraphs 5, 6, 8, 17 to 21, 45, 60 and 61 of Schedule 10 9 The Schedule inserted by Schedule 2 has effect in relation to any time before the commencement of sections 8 and 37 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)— (a) as if a reference to a local justice area were to a petty sessions area; (b) as if a reference to a designated officer were to a justices' chief executive.
SCHEDULE 12 Transitional and transitory provisions
Section 59 1 (1) Section 1 and paragraphs 37 to 39 of Schedule 10 apply only in relation to conduct occurring on or after the commencement of that section. (2) In relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022, the reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court in subsection (5)(b) of section 42A of the Family Law Act 1996 (inserted by section 1 of this Act) is to be read as a reference to six months. 2 In section 5, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to an unlawful act does not include an act that (or so much of an act as) occurs before the commencement of that section. 4 Section 10 applies only in relation to offences committed on or after the commencement of that section. 5 (1) Section 12(1) and paragraphs 43(3) and 48 of Schedule 10 do not apply where the conviction occurs before the commencement of those provisions. (2) Section 12(2) applies only in relation to applications made on or after the commencement of that provision. (3) Section 12(4) and paragraphs 43(2) and 44 of Schedule 10 do not apply where the acquittal (or, where subsection (5) of the inserted section 5A applies, the allowing of the appeal) occurs before the commencement of those provisions. 6 (1) Section 13(1) and paragraph 47(3) of Schedule 10 do not apply where the conviction occurs before the commencement of those provisions. (2) Section 13(2) applies only in relation to applications made on or after the commencement of that provision. (3) Section 13(4) and paragraph 47(2) of Schedule 10 do not apply where the acquittal (or, where paragraph (5) of the inserted Article 7A applies, the allowing of the appeal) occurs before the commencement of those provisions. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (1) The provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) do not apply— (a) in relation to proceedings before the Crown Court or a court-martial, where the accused was arraigned before the commencement of those provisions; (b) in relation to proceedings before the Court of Appeal or the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, where the hearing of the appeal began before that commencement. (2) The provisions are— (a) sections 22 and 23; (b) section 24 and Schedule 2; (c) section 26 and Schedule 3; (d) paragraphs 5, 6, 8, 17 to 21, 45, 60 and 61 of Schedule 10 9 The Schedule inserted by Schedule 2 has effect in relation to any time before the commencement of sections 8 and 37 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)— (a) as if a reference to a local justice area were to a petty sessions area; (b) as if a reference to a designated officer were to a justices' chief executive.
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