Provisions coming into force on 4th October 20105

The following provisions of the 2009 Act shall come into force on 4th October 2010—

a

section 52 (persons suffering from diminished responsibility (England and Wales));

b

section 56(2)(a) (repeal relating to abolition of common law defence of provocation);

c

section 57 (infanticide (England and Wales));

d

in section 177 (consequential etc amendments and transitional and saving provisions), subsection (1) so far as it relates to the provision specified in sub-paragraph (f);

e

section 178, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (g);

f

in Schedule 21 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 52;

g

in Part 2 of Schedule 23 (criminal offences), the repeals relating to—

i

the Homicide Act 19575; and

ii

the Criminal Justice Act 20036.