The Special Measures in Civil Proceedings (Specified Offences) Regulations 2022

UK Statutory Instrument 2022 No. 562 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

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Made: 18 May 2022
In force from: 14 June 2022
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Made under: Domestic Abuse Act 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Section 64 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17) requires rules of court to make provision enabling the court to make a special measures direction in civil proceedings in relation to victims and alleged victims of specified offences. These Regulations set out the list of offences that are ‘specified offences’ for this purpose. Special measures are certain steps or provisions that may assist a person, including those who are vulnerable, to give evidence or participate in proceedings. Regulation 2 introduces the Schedule to the Regulations which contains a list of the specified offences under the law of England and Wales (table 1), Scotland (table 2) and Northern Ireland (table 3). A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Offences created by this instrument

SCHEDULE SCHEDULE · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

What Parliament said about it

Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.

How Parliament handled it

This instrument became law without a debate or a vote. Under the negative procedure it took effect unless a motion to stop it succeeded, and none was tabled.

Procedure: Made negative — law unless a motion to stop it succeeded
Could either House amend it?: No. A statutory instrument is put to each House as a whole thing, to be approved or not. Neither House can change a word of it.

Procedural history

Instrument created 18 May 2022
Instrument made (signed into law) 18 May 2022
Laid before the House of Commons 23 May 2022 · Commons
Laid before the House of Lords 23 May 2022 · Lords
Instrument comes into force as law 14 June 2022
Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 14 June 2022 · Lords
No comment by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 14 June 2022 · Lords
Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 15 June 2022 · Commons, Lords
Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 15 June 2022 · Commons, Lords
Objection period ends 11 July 2022
Instrument remains law 11 July 2022
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords 11 July 2022 · Commons, Lords

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