The Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012 (Commencement) (Scotland) Order 2014

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2014-02-05
State In force
Jurisdiction Scotland
Department Queen's Printer for Scotland
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Made: 5th February 2014

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 7th February 2014

Coming into force: 3rd March 2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 5(3) of the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012 (Commencement) (Scotland) Order 2014 and comes into force on 3rd March 2014.

Appointed day

2

The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1 to 4 of the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012 is 3rd March 2014.

Signed

KENNY MACASKILL — A member of the Scottish Government — 5th February 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings sections 1 to 4 of the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012 (“the Act”) into force in respect of Scotland on 3rd March 2014.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 19th December 2012. Section 5 came into force on that day.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2012 c.20.

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