Legislation – Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
PART 1
Criminal Justice
1 Maximum sentence for certain offences to be life imprisonment
4 Parole Board release when serving extended sentences
6 Sentence and Parole Board release for offenders of particular concern
7 Electronic monitoring following release on licence etc
9 Test for release after recall: determinate sentences
10 Power to change test for release after recall: determinate sentences
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
16 Drugs for which prisoners etc may be tested
17 Restrictions on use of cautions
18 Restrictions on use of cautions: supplementary
19 Alternatives to prosecution: rehabilitation of offenders in Scotland
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
26 Corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges
27 Term of imprisonment for murder of police or prison officer
28 Minimum sentence for repeat offences involving offensive weapons etc
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
32 Sending letters etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety
33 Disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress
34 Meaning of “disclose” and “photograph or film”
35 Meaning of “private” and “sexual”
36 Meeting a child following sexual grooming etc
37 Possession of pornographic images of rape and assault by penetration
PART 2
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
41 Youth cautions and conditional cautions: involvement of appropriate adults
42 Duties of custody officer after charge: arrested juveniles
43 Referral orders: alternatives to revocation for breach of youth offender contract
44 Referral orders: extension on further conviction
45 Referral orders: revocation on further conviction
PART 3
Courts and tribunals
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
51 Offence of improper use of public electronic communications network
52 Low-value shoplifting: mode of trial
53 Committal of young offenders convicted of certain serious offences
55 Duty to review criminal courts charge
56 Variation of collection orders etc
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
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
67 Wasted costs in certain civil proceedings
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
72 Sharing research with other jurors
73 Jurors engaging in other prohibited conduct
74 Disclosing jury’s deliberations
76 Members of the Court Martial
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
81 Representations to Parliament by the President of the Supreme Court
82 The supplementary panel of the Supreme Court
PART 4
Judicial review
84 Likelihood of substantially different outcome for applicant
85 Provision of information about financial resources
86 Use of information about financial resources
89 Capping of costs: orders and their terms
90 Capping of costs: environmental cases
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
97 Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British overseas territories
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Sentence and Parole Board release for offenders of particular concern
SCHEDULE 2 Electronic monitoring and licences etc: consequential provision
SCHEDULE 3 Recall adjudicators: further provision
SCHEDULE 4 Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: excluded health care
SCHEDULE 6 Offences committed by disqualified drivers: further amendments
SCHEDULE 7 Mutual recognition of driving disqualification in UK and Republic of Ireland
SCHEDULE 8 Disclosing private sexual photographs or films: providers of information society services
SCHEDULE 9 Secure colleges etc: further amendments
SCHEDULE 10 Contracting out secure colleges
SCHEDULE 11 Trial by single justice on the papers: further amendments
SCHEDULE 12 Further provision about criminal courts charge
SCHEDULE 13 Juries at inquests
SCHEDULE 14 Members of the Court Martial
SCHEDULE 15 Reporting restrictions: providers of information society services
PART 3Courts and tribunals
Other matters
83Minor amendments
(1)
In section 132(4A) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (compensation orders: appeals etc), for “House of Lords” substitute “the Supreme Court”.
(2)
In section 13(6A)(a) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (rules of court about when the Court of Session may grant permission to appeal against a decision of the Upper Tribunal), after “principle” insert “or practice”.