Judicial Review and Courts Bill – in the House of Commons at 6:08 pm on 25 January 2022.
Amendment made: 8, page 56, line 2, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
“(1) The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—
(a) section (Maximum term of imprisonment on summary conviction for either-way offence);
(b) paragraphs 16 to 20 of Schedule 2, and section 17 so far as relating to those paragraphs (but see, in relation to the amendments made by paragraphs 19 and 20 of that Schedule, section 336 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and section 417 of the Sentencing Act 2020 respectively);
(c) this Part.” —(James Cartlidge.)
This amendment provides for NC1 to come into force on Royal Assent.
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