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The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2026

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2026-02-10

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department King's Printer for Scotland

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Made: at 11.40 a.m. on 10th February 2026

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: at 2.00 p.m. on 10th February 2026

Coming into force: 11th February 2026

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 116(2) of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2026 and come into force on 11 February 2026.

Amendment of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025

2

(1) The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025[^f00002] are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In regulation 2(2) (appointed days), for “23 March 2026” substitute “11 February 2026”.

Signed

ANGELA CONSTANCE — A member of the Scottish Government — At 11.40 a.m. on 10th February 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Explanatory Note

These Regulations amend the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025. Regulation 2 substitutes the date on which sections 55 (Parole Board rules: decisions where prisoner has information about victim’s remains) and 56 (Parole Board rules: safety and security of victims and victims’ family) come into force. Sections 55 and 56 will come into force on 11 February 2026, instead of 23 March 2026.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2025 asp 12.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2025/393.

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