HC Deb 06 November 1989 vol 159 c422W
62. Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he proposes to bring section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 into effect.

Mr. John Patten

Section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 came into effect on 31 July this year. By subsection (5), the wider power it gives the Court of Appeal to order a retrial does not apply where notice of appeal or application for leave to appeal was given before that date.