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Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (Miscellaneous) 2014

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2014-12-03

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 3rd December 2014

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 3rd December 2014

Coming into force: 4th December 2014

The Lord Justice General, the Lord Justice Clerk and the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section305 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995[^f00001], and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation, commencement etc.

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(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No.2) (Miscellaneous) 2014.

(2) It comes into force on 4th December 2014.

(3) A certified copy of this Act of Adjournal is to be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.

Amendment of the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

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(1) The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996[^f00002] are amended in accordance with the following subparagraphs.

(2) For Form 20.3A-B[^f00003], substitute Form 20.3A-B set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt.

(3) In paragraph (h) of Form 54.1[^f00004], for point 3 substitute the text set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Adjournal.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

PART 2 Signed

BRIAN GILL — Lord Justice General — I.P.D. — 3rd December 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Act of Adjournal substitutes Form 20.3A-B of the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 to make the notification requirements following conviction for a sexual offence clearer.

In addition, it amends Form 54.1 to provide additional procedural safeguards when financial penalties imposed in absence in other European Union jurisdictions are being collected by the Scottish Courts.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c.46.

[^f00002]: The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 are contained in Schedule2 to the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 (S.I. 1996/513, last amended by S.S.I. 2014/242).

[^f00003]: Form 20.3A-B was amended by S.S.I. 2013/196.

[^f00004]: Form 54.1 was inserted by S.S.I. 2009/345.

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