Citation and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirements) Piloting Order 2017.

(2) In this Order-

"the Act" means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;

"alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement" has the same meaning as in Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(2).

Coming into force of section 76 of the Act

2.  Subject to articles 3 and 4(1), section 76 of the Act (alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement) comes into force on 1st May 2017 for all purposes other than application by the Armed Forces Act 2006(3).

Areas in relation to which section 76 of the Act is in force

3.  Section 76 of the Act comes into force in relation to the following local justice areas(4)-

(a)Humber;

(b)Lincolnshire, and

(c)North Yorkshire.

Period for which section 76 of the Act is in force

4.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2), section 76 of the Act, in so far as it is brought into force by article 2, ceases to have effect at the end of 30th April 2019.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not affect the continued application after that date of an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement imposed by a court during the period mentioned in that paragraph.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 76 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) from 1st May 2017 until the end of 30th April 2019, in the three local justice areas specified in article 3. Section 76 inserts section 212A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), which gives a court a power to impose an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement as part of a community order or suspended sentence order. Article 4(2) provides that any requirement imposed before the end of 30th April 2019 (when section 76 ceases to be in force) may continue to have effect after that time.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)