The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009
This Order brings into force on 14th December 2009 the provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 set out in article 2. Those provisions amend sections 57B, 57D and 57E of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, which relate to “live links”. A live link is a video-link between a court and either a police station or a place where a person is being held in custody. The amendments enable directions in relation to live links to be made by a single justice as well as a full bench, remove the need for the accused to consent to the making of a direction, and ensure that a direction may not be made unless the court is satisfied that it is not contrary to the interests of justice to do so. The amendments to section 57B and 57E do not apply to a live link direction given before 14th December 2009 (article 4(1)).