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Crime and Courts Act 2013

Commencement

700.Part 5 of Schedule 13 (and section 20 so far as relating to that Part), sections 43, 48 (except subsection 6(a)) and 58 to 61, Part 2 of Schedule 18, and Schedules 24 and 25, come into force on Royal Assent.

701.Section 19 comes into force on the day after the day of Royal Assent. Sections 26(2), 31 and 33 come into force two months after Royal Assent.

702.Sections 34 to 39 (the provisions on exemplary damages in relation to publication of news-related material) come into force one year after the date on which a body is established by Royal Charter to carry on activities relating to the recognition of independent regulators of relevant publishers.

703.All other provisions will be brought into force by means of commencement orders made by the Secretary of State or, in the case of the provisions in sections 17 and 20 to 30 and 32, and Schedules 9 to 11, 13 and 14, by the Lord Chancellor.

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