Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

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Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	2015 c. 2
Year	2015

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Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
PART 1: Criminal Justice

Dangerous offenders

1: Maximum sentence for certain offences to be life imprisonment
2: Specified offences
^F1 3: Schedule 15B offences
4: Parole Board release when serving extended sentences
5: Minor amendments

Other offenders of particular concern

6: Sentence and Parole Board release for offenders of particular concern

Release and recall of prisoners

7: Electronic monitoring following release on licence etc
^F3 8: Recall adjudicators
^F3 9
^F3 10
11: Initial release and release after recall: life sentences
12: Offence of remaining unlawfully at large after recall
13: Offence of remaining unlawfully at large after temporary release
14: Definition of “requisite custodial period”
15: Minor amendments and transitional cases

Prisons

16: Drugs for which prisoners etc may be tested

Cautions etc

17: Restrictions on use of cautions
18: Restrictions on use of cautions: supplementary
19: Alternatives to prosecution: rehabilitation of offenders in Scotland

Offences involving ill-treatment or wilful neglect

20: Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care worker offence
21: Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care provider offence
22: Care provider offence: excluded care providers
23: Care provider offence: penalties
24: Care provider offence: application to unincorporated associations
25: Care provider offence: liability for ancillary and other offences

Offences involving police or prison officers

26: Corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges
^F13 27: Term of imprisonment for murder of police or prison officer

Repeat offences involving offensive weapons etc

28: Minimum sentence for repeat offences involving offensive weapons etc

Driving offences

29: Offences committed by disqualified drivers
30: Extension of disqualification from driving where custodial sentence also imposed
31: Mutual recognition of driving disqualification in UK and Republic of Ireland

Offences involving intent to cause distress etc

32: Sending letters etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety
^F17 33: Disclosing , or threatening to disclose, private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress
^F17 34: Meaning of “disclose” and “photograph or film”
^F17 35: Meaning of “private” and “sexual”

Offences involving sexual grooming or pornographic images

36: Meeting a child following sexual grooming etc
37: Possession of pornographic images of rape and assault by penetration

PART 2: Young offenders

Detention of young offenders

38: Secure colleges and other places for detention of young offenders etc
39: Contracting out secure colleges
40: Powers of Youth Justice Board in relation to provision of accommodation

Other matters

41: Youth cautions and conditional cautions: involvement of appropriate adults
42: Duties of custody officer after charge: arrested juveniles
^F18 43: Referral orders: alternatives to revocation for breach of youth offender contract
^F18 44: Referral orders: extension on further conviction
^F18 45: Referral orders: revocation on further conviction

PART 3: Courts and tribunals

Trial by single justice on the papers

46: Instituting proceedings by written charge
47: Instituting proceedings: further provision
48: Trial by single justice on the papers
49: Trial by single justice on the papers: sentencing etc
50: Further amendments

Time limit for bringing certain criminal proceedings

51: Offence of improper use of public electronic communications network

Committal to Crown Court

52: Low-value shoplifting: mode of trial
^F19 53: Committal of young offenders convicted of certain serious offences

Costs of criminal courts

54: Criminal courts charge
55: Duty to review criminal courts charge

Collection of fines etc

56: Variation of collection orders etc

Civil proceedings relating to personal injury

57: Personal injury claims: cases of fundamental dishonesty
58: Rules against inducements to make personal injury claims
59: Effect of rules against inducements
60: Inducements: interpretation
61: Inducements: regulations

Appeals in civil proceedings

62: Appeals from the Court of Protection
63: Appeals from the High Court to the Supreme Court
64: Appeals from the Upper Tribunal to the Supreme Court
65: Appeals from the Employment Appeal Tribunal to the Supreme Court
66: Appeals from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission to the Supreme Court

Costs in civil proceedings

67: Wasted costs in certain civil proceedings

Juries and members of the Court Martial

68: Upper age limit for jury service to be 75
69: Jurors and electronic communications devices
70: Jurors and electronic communications devices: powers of search etc
71: Research by jurors
72: Sharing research with other jurors
73: Jurors engaging in other prohibited conduct
74: Disclosing jury's deliberations
75: Juries at inquests
76: Members of the Court Martial
77: Supplementary provision

Reporting restrictions

78: Lifetime reporting restrictions in criminal proceedings for witnesses and victims under 18
79: Reporting restrictions in proceedings other than criminal proceedings
80: Reporting restrictions: information society services

Other matters

81: Representations to Parliament by the President of the Supreme Court
82: The supplementary panel of the Supreme Court
83: Minor amendments

PART 4: Judicial review

Judicial review in the High Court and Upper Tribunal

84: Likelihood of substantially different outcome for applicant
85: Provision of information about financial resources
86: Use of information about financial resources
87: Interveners and costs
88: Capping of costs
89: Capping of costs: orders and their terms
90: Capping of costs: environmental cases

Planning proceedings

91: Procedure for certain planning challenges
92: Periods of time for certain legal challenges

PART 5: Final provisions

93: Power to make consequential and supplementary provision etc
94: Financial provision
95: Commencement
96: Extent
97: Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British overseas territories
98: Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1: (Section 6) Sentence and Parole Board release for offenders of particular concern

PART 1: Sentence and release

Introduction

Sentence

Offences of particular concern

Release on licence to be directed by Parole Board

PART 2: Offenders convicted of service offences

Armed Forces Act 2006 (c 52)

PART 3: Transitional and transitory provision

Application of new provisions about special custodial sentences
Detention in a young offender institution

PART 4: Consequential provision

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c 53)
Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c 43)
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c 6)
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44)
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10)

SCHEDULE 2: (Section 7) Electronic monitoring and licences etc: consequential provision

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c 43)
Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c 43)
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44)

^F29 SCHEDULE 3: (Section 8) Recall adjudicators: further provision

^F29 Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20)
^F29 Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44)
^F29 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c 28)
^F29 Offender Management Act 2007 (c 21)
^F29 Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25)
^F29 Equality Act 2010 (c 15)

SCHEDULE 4: (Section 20) Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: excluded health care

Excluded health care
Use “for an education or childcare purpose”
Educational institutions
Definitions

SCHEDULE 5: (Section 28) Minimum sentence for repeat offences involving offensive weapons etc: consequential provision

Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20)
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c 33)
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c 6)
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44)
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25)

SCHEDULE 6: (Section 29) Offences committed by disqualified drivers: further amendments

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52)
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c 53)
Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c 32)
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44)
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25)

SCHEDULE 7: (Section 31) Mutual recognition of driving disqualification in UK and Republic of Ireland

PART 1: Further provision

Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c 32)
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25)

PART 2: Transition from EU Convention to new agreement

Transitional period
Disapplication of duties and powers to give notices during the transitional period
Application of duties and powers to give notices after the transitional period
Saving for pre-1 December 2014 cases

^F39 SCHEDULE 8: (Section 33) Disclosing , or threatening to disclose, private sexual photographs or films: providers of information society services

SCHEDULE 9: (Section 38) Secure colleges etc: further amendments

Prison Act 1952 (c 52)
Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c 39)
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