§ Sir Charles Fletcher-Cookeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has set a date for the implementation of any of the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
§ Mr. WhitelawIt is the Government's intention to bring the following provisions of the Act into force on 31 January 1983:
together with other related and minor provisions in Schedules 14 and 15 (minor and consequential amendments), 16 (repeals) and 17 (transitional provisions).
- Sections 26–28 (sanctions against parents and guardians);
- Section 30 (partly suspended sentences);
- Section 31 (activation of suspended sentence);
- Section 34 (computation of sentences);
- Section 52 (reciprocal execution of warrants of commencement for non-payment of sum adjudged to be paid by conviction);
- Section 63 (deferment of sentence);
- Section 64 and Schedule 10 (persons recommended for deportation);
- Section 65 and Schedule 11 (probation and after-care);
- Section 66 (right of appeal against probation, discharges and associated ancillary orders);
533 - Section 67 (compensation orders);
- Section 70 (abolition of imprisonment for vagrancy offences);
- Section 71 (abolition of imprisonment for loitering and soliciting for purposes of prostitution);
- Section 73 (recall of witnesses);
As my right hon. and learned Friend indicated in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 15 December—[Vol. 34, c. 140]—it is our intention to bring the remaining provisions of the Act into force in the second quarter of 1983.