Justice Reform (Amendment) Bill 2025 and Contempt of Court Bill 2025
Appendix 3: List of 'as amended' Acts prepared alongside this consultation
Copies of Acts which are 'as amended' by the Justice Reform Act 2021 (JRA2021) and Justice Reform (Amendment) Bill 2025 (JRAB) (by the action of both these pieces of legislation) have been prepared and made available on the Consultation Hub within the supporting documents to this consultation.
Whilst every care has been taken in preparing these documents as a helpful aid in interpreting the amendments made by the JRA2021, or proposed by the JRAB, they are noted to be for reference purposes only and the JRA2021 and JRAB should be referred to directly for full detail of any changes.
The following Acts can be found within the supporting documents to the consultation, listed as separate 'as amended' Act copies:
- Justice Reform Act 2021 (this shows the amendments proposed by the Justice Reform (Amendment) Bill 2025 to the action of that Act)
- Bail Act 1952
- Criminal Code 1892
- Criminal Evidence Act 2019
- Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1993
- Criminal Justice Police and Courts Act 2007
- Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 2016
- Custody Act 1995
- Domestic Abuse Act 2020
- High Court Act 1991
- Interpretation Act 2015
- Jury Act 1980
- Legal Practitioners Registration Act 1986
- Liquor Licensing and Public Entertainments Act 2021
- Police Powers and Procedures Act
- Summary Jurisdiction Act 1989
Separately to this, a document has been prepared which contains collated excerpts of the 'as amended' provisions of Acts which are not subject to such extensive amendments as the above (i.e. where amendments are restricted to certain provisions which might be excerpted) and, as such, have been collated within one document for ease of reference.
This document, titled 'Collated Miscellaneous Amendments by JRAB consultation version', can be found separately in the supporting documents to the consultation and contains excerpts from the following Acts:
- Bankruptcy Code 1892
- Census Act 1929
- Children and Young Persons Act 1966
- Children and Young Persons Act 2001
- Coinage Offences Act 1980
- Companies Act 1931
- Consumer Protection (Trade Descriptions) Act 1970
- Consumer Protection Act 1991
- Coroners of Inquest Act 1987
- Criminal Damage Act 1981
- Criminal Justice Act 1963
- Criminal Justice Act 1991
- Criminal Law Act 1981
- Customary Laws Act 1417
- Endangered Species Act 2010
- Estate Agents Act 1975
- Fair Trading Act 1996
- Firearms Act 1947
- Fireworks Act 2004
- Forgery Act 1952
- Human Rights Act 2001
- Industrial and Building Societies Act 1892
- Loans (Infants) Act 1907
- Moneylenders Act 1991
- Non-Resident Traders Act 1983
- Partnership Act 1909
- Perjury Act 1952
- Post Office Act 1993
- Price Marking Act 1976
- Protection from Harassment Act 2000
- Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 2001
- Road Traffic Act 1985
- Sexual Offences and Obscene Publications Act 2021
- Shot Guns, Air Weapons and Cross-bows Act 1994
- Theft Act 1981
- Timeshare Act 1996
- Unsolicited Goods and Services (Isle of Man) Act 1974
- Weights and Measures Act 1989