LegalizeThe Video Recordings Act 1984 (Scotland) (Commencement No.7) Order 1988
Made: 14th June 1988
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 23(2) of the Video Recordings Act 1984([^f00001]) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
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- (1) This Order may be cited as the Video Recordings Act 1984 (Scotland) (Commencement No.7) Order 1988.
- (2) This Order extends to Scotland only.
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In so far as the Video Recordings Act 1984 is not already in force, it shall come into force on 1st September 1988.
Signed
James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 14th June 1988
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings the Video Recordings Act 1984 into force in Scotland, in so far as the Act is not already in force, on 1st September 1988. The Act is similarly brought into force on that date in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Video Recordings Act 1984 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1018). At the date of this Order, the Criminal Justice Bill, which inserts a new section, section 16A, in the Video Recordings Act 1984 to provide for the enforcement of that Act by officers of a Weights and Measures Authority and in Northern Ireland by officers of the Department of Economic Development, had not received Royal Assent.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1984 c. 39
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