Crime and Disorder Bill [H.L.] - continued        House of Commons

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SCHEDULE 9
 
  TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
 
Presumption of incapacity
     1. Nothing in section 31 of this Act shall apply in relation to anything done before the commencement of that section.
 
 
Effect of child's silence at trial
     2. Nothing in section 32 of this Act shall apply where the offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
 
 
Sexual or violent offenders: extended sentences
     3. Section 55 of this Act does not apply where the sexual or violent offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
 
 
Drug treatment and testing orders
     4. Section 57 of this Act does not apply in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of that section.
 
 
Young offenders: cautions
     5. - (1) Any caution given to a child or young person before the commencement of section 61 of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (2) and (4) of that section as a reprimand.
 
      (2) Any second or subsequent caution so given shall be treated for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of that section as a warning.
 
 
Abolition of secure training orders
     6. In relation to any time before the commencement of subsection (7) of section 69 of this Act, section 9A of the 1997 Act shall have effect as if after subsection (1) there were inserted the following subsection-
 
 
    "(1A) Section 9 above applies to periods of detention which offenders are liable to serve under secure training orders as it applies to sentences of imprisonment."
 
 
Sentencing guidelines
     7. - (1) Section 75 of this Act does not apply by virtue of subsection (1)(a) of that section in any case where the Court is seised of the appeal before the commencement of that section.
 
      (2) In this paragraph "the Court" and "seised" have the same meanings as in that section.
 
 
Power to release short-term prisoners on licence
     8. - (1) Section 91 of this Act does not apply in relation to a prisoner who, immediately before the commencement of that section, has served one or more days more than the requisite period for the term of his sentence.
 
      (2) In this paragraph "the requisite period" has the same meaning as in section 34A of the 1991 Act (which is inserted by section 91 of this Act).
 
 
Recall to prison of short-term prisoners
     9. - (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (7) below have effect in relation to any prisoner whose sentence, or any part of whose sentence, was imposed for an offence committed before the commencement of section 93 of this Act.
 
      (2) The following provisions of this Act do not apply, namely-
 
 
    (a) section 93;
 
    (b) paragraphs 64(1)(b) and 68(3)(a) of Schedule 8 to this Act and section 106 so far as relating to those paragraphs; and
 
    (c) section 107(2) and Schedule 10 so far as relating to the repeal of section 38 of the 1991 Act and the repeals in sections 37(1) and 45(4) of that Act.
      (3) Section 33 of the 1991 Act has effect as if, in subsection (3)(b) (as amended by paragraph 61(1) of Schedule 8 to this Act), for the words "section 39(1) or (2)" there were substituted the words "section 38(2) or 39(1) or (2)".
 
      (4) Section 33A of the 1991 Act (as inserted by paragraph 62 of Schedule 8 to this Act) has effect as if-
 
 
    (a) in subsection (1), for the words "section 38A(1) or 39(1) or (2)" there were substituted the words "section 38(2) or 38A(1)"; and
 
    (b) in subsection (3), for the words "section 39(1) or (2)", in both places where they occur, there were substituted the words "section 38(2)".
      (5) Section 34A of the 1991 Act (as inserted by section 91 of this Act) has effect as if, in subsection (2)(f), for the words "section 39(1) or (2)" there were substituted the words "section 38(2)".
 
      (6) Section 40A of the 1991 Act (as inserted by section 95 of this Act) has effect as if, in subsection (1), for the word "39" there were substituted the word "38".
 
      (7) Section 44 of the 1991 Act (as substituted by section 56 of this Act) has effect as if-
 
 
    (a) in subsections (3) and (4), after the words "subject to" there were inserted the words "any suspension under section 38(2) above or, as the case may be,"; and
 
    (b) in subsection (7), for the words "sections 37(5) and 39(1) and (2)" there were substituted the words "section 37(5), 38(2) and 39(1) and (2)", and for the words "section 39(1) or (2)" there were substituted the words "section 38(2) or 39(1) or (2)".
      (8) Section 45 of the 1991 Act has effect as if, in subsection (3) (as amended by paragraph 68(2) of Schedule 8 to this Act), for the words "section 39(1) or (2)" there were substituted the words "section 38(2) or 39(1) or (2)".
 
      (9) For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 10 below, consecutive sentences, or sentences that are wholly or partly concurrent, shall be treated as parts of a single sentence.
 
 
Release on licence following recall to prison
     10. Section 94 of this Act does not apply in relation to a prisoner whose sentence, or any part of whose sentence, was imposed for an offence committed before the commencement of that section.
 
 
Release on licence following return to prison
     11. - (1) Section 95 of this Act does not apply where the new offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
 
      (2) In this paragraph "the new offence" has the same meaning as in section 40 of the 1991 Act.
 
 
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