Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2018.

Provisions coming into force on 1st March 2018

2.  So far as extending to Northern Ireland, section 56 of, and Schedule 22(2) to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (drugs and driving), come into force on 1st March 2018.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order commences, so far as extending to Northern Ireland, section 56 of, and Schedule 22 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). Section 56 creates a new drug driving offence in Great Britain, and Schedule 22 makes consequential amendments to primary legislation, including some primary legislation which extends to the United Kingdom. Section 56 and Schedule 22 came into force in England and Wales on 2nd March 2015, and will be come into force in Scotland on 1st March 2018.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.