Clause 12. — (Commencement, Savings, and Other General Provisions.)

Part of Criminal Law Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 July 1967.

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Photo of Mr Dick Taverne Mr Dick Taverne , Lincoln 12:00, 13 July 1967

I beg to move Amendrient No. 8, in page 8, line 8, to leave cut '29th August, 1967' and to insert '1st January, 1968'.

This Amendment need not take long. Its purpose is simply to postpone the date of operation of the Bill. The Bill took slightly longer in Committee than we anticipated, and it is not now thought that a date of operation as early as 29th August would allow the courts or practitioners time enough to absorb its changes. Many practitioners rely on the special supplement to Archibold, and it quite clearly would not be possible to produce that in time.

It has, therefore, been thought desirable to defer the date to such time as there is a minimum of current business, and we thought that 1st January, 1968 would be suitable.