Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c. 62) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the powers of courts to deal with offenders and defaulters, to the treatment of offenders and to arrangements for persons on bail in England and Wales.[1]
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the powers of courts to deal with offenders and defaulters, to the treatment of offenders and to arrangements for persons on bail.
Territorial extent[b]
Royal assent25 October 1973
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the powers of courts to deal with offenders and defaulters, to the treatment of offenders and to arrangements for persons on bail. |
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| Citation | 1973 c. 62 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 October 1973 |
| Commencement | 1 July 1974[c] |
| Repealed | 25 August 2000 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 56(2) of the act repealed 15 enactments, listed in schedule 6 to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | Sections 3 to 12 and 14. |
| Section 17(1), (2) and (6). | ||
| Sections 29, 43 and 45 to 47. | ||
| Section 77, except subsection (6), and, in subsection (1), the words "Any expenses of the Secretary of State under this Act" and the words from "shall" to the end of the subsection. | ||
| In section 80, in subsection (1) the definitions of "approved probation hostel", "approved probation home", "offence the sentence for which is fixed by law", "order for conditional discharge", "period of conditional discharge", "probationer", "probation order", "probation period", "sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction" and "supervising court", and subsection (5). | ||
| Section 81, so far as relates to sections 8, 9, 11 and 12. | ||
| Schedules 1 and 5. | ||
| In Schedule 8, paragraphs 3 to 9. | ||
| 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94 | Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 | In Schedule 11, the entry relating to section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948. |
| 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101 | Justices of the Peace Act 1949 | Sections 36 and 37. |
| 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55 | Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 | Section 107(2), (3). |
| In section 110(1), the words "thirty-nine or". | ||
| 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72 | Mental Health Act 1959 | In Part I of Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Criminal Justice Act 1948. |
| 9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 39 | Criminal Justice Act 1961 | Section 2(2). |
| Section 9. | ||
| 1964 c. 42 | Administration of Justice Act 1964 | Section 22. |
| In section 31, subsection (1) in so far as it amends s. 36 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949. | ||
| In Schedule 3, paragraph 19(2), (3). | ||
| 1967 c. 58 | Criminal Law Act 1967 | Section 7. |
| 1967 c. 80 | Criminal Justice Act 1967 | Sections 37 to 42. |
| Section 47. | ||
| In section 48, in subsection (1) the words "of a magistrates' court or", the words from "section 72A" to "Scotland) or", and the words "magistrates' court or", and subsection (2). | ||
| In section 50, the words from "and in" to the end of the section. | ||
| Sections 52 and 53. | ||
| In section 54, subsections (1) to (3), (5) and (7). | ||
| Sections 55 and 57. | ||
| Section 95 except subsection (1). | ||
| Section 96. | ||
| Section 99. | ||
| Section 106(3)(b), so far as relates to section 38(7). | ||
| In Schedule 6, paragraph 6. | ||
| 1968 c. 69 | Justices of the Peace Act 1968 | Section 4(5) and (6). |
| 1969 c. 54 | Children and Young Persons Act 1969 | Section 7(2). |
| In Schedule 4, paragraph 5(2). | ||
| In Schedule 5, paragraph 45. | ||
| 1971 c. 23 | Courts Act 1971 | Section 53(2)(a). |
| In Schedule 8: in paragraph 24, sub-paragraph (a) and in sub-paragraph (b) the words "14(5)"; paragraphs 25 to 27; paragraph 48(a), so far as relates to sections 40, 41, 47, 48 and 54 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967; paragraphs 51, 53 and 54. | ||
| 1971 c. 72 | Industrial Relations Act 1971 | In Schedule 3, in paragraph 28(1) the words "to a court of assize or". |
| 1972 c. 70 | Local Government Act 1972 | In section 217(5), the words from "but" to the end of the subsection. |
| 1972 c. 71 | Criminal Justice Act 1972 | Part I except sections 6, 23(5) and (6), and 24(2) to (4). |
| Sections 37, 40, 51(3), 52 to 57, and 66(3) and (4). | ||
| Schedule 1. | ||
| In Schedule 5, the entry relating to the Criminal Justice Act 1948, paragraphs (b), (e), (f) and (g) of the entry relating to the Criminal Justice Act 1967, and paragraph (b) of the entry relating to Part I of Schedule 9 to the Administration of Justice Act 1970. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by sections 165 and 168(1) of, and part I of schedule 12 to, the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, which came into force on 25 August 2000.[3]