STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
2007 No. 621 (C. 27) 
CRIMINAL LAW 
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 
(Commencement No. 14) Order 2007 
Made  - - - - 27th February 2007  
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by 
section 172(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994( a). 
1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement 
No. 14) Order 2007. 
2. Section 165 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 shall come into force on 6th 
April 2007. 
 
 
 Malcolm Wicks  
 Minister for Science and Innovation 
27th February 2007 Department of Trade and Industry 
                                                                                                                                                               
 
(a) 1994 c. 33.  
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
This Order brings into force, on 6th April 2007, section 165 of the Criminal Justice and Public 
Order Act 1994 (c. 33). This section inserts sections 107A and 198A into the Copyright, Designs 
and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48). 
  
 3NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made 
before the date of this Order: 
 
Provisions Date of 
Commencement S.I. No 
Section 159(1), (2) and (4)  19.12.1994  1994/2935
Sections 16, 151 and 168 (partially), and Schedules 9, 10 and 
11 (partially only) 9.1.1995 1994/3192
Section 52 11.1.1995 1994/3258
Section 53 2.2.1995 1995/24
Sections 17, 18, 23, 24, 31 to 33, 40 to 43, 46 to 51, 64(1) to (3) (partially), 66(6) and (10) to (13), 67(3) to (5), (8) and (9), 
72 to 74, 84 to 87, 88, 91, 92, 102 to 117 and Schedule 6, 
sections 129 to 133, 134 (partially), 135 to 141, 152 to 155, 157 and Schedule 8, sections 160 to 164, 168 (partially), 169, 
170 and Schedules 9, 10 and 11 (all partially only)
3.2.1995 1995/127
Section 134 (partially)  1.6.1995 1995/127
Sections 25 to 30 and Schedule 3, sections 34 to 39, 54 to 59, 
60, 62, 64(4), (5) and (6), 66(1) to (5) and (7) to (9), 67(1), 
(2), (6) and (7), 118 to 125 and Schedule 7, section 156 and 
section 168 (partially) and Schedules 9, 10 and 11 (all partially only)
10.4.1995 1995/721
Section 19 30.5.1995 1995/1378
Sections 75 and 76 and Schedule 10 (partially)  24.8.1995 1995/1957
Section 45, section 168 (partially), Schedule 5 and Schedules 10 and 11 (both partially)
4.9.1995 1995/1957
Section 89 1.11.1995 1995/1957
Section 22 8.3.1996 1996/625
Section 149 and Schedule 10 (partially)  1.7.1996 1996/1608
Section 158(2), (5), (6), (7) and (8) and section 159(5)  1.4.1997 1997/882
Sections 1 to 4, section 168 (partially) and Schedule 10 (partially)
1.3.1998 1998/277
Sections 159(3), section 168 (partially) and Schedule 11 (partially) 20.3.2002 2002/447 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
2007 No. 621 (C. 27) 
CRIMINAL LAW 
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 
(Commencement No. 14) Order 2007