The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 1) Order 1996
This Order appoints 1st October 1996 for the purposes of sections 43 (which relates to the application of Part IV of the Act and concerns pre-trial hearings), 48 (non-appearance of accused: issue of warrant), 50 (enforcement of payment of fines), 53 (attachment of earnings), 70 (indemnification of justices and justices' clerks) and 71 (meaning of preliminary stage of criminal proceedings) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 ( “the Act”).