The Appellants (Increase in Expenses) (Scotland) Order 1991

Made: 18th March 1991

Laid before Parliament: 2nd April 1991

Coming into force: 23rd April 1991

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 289D(1) and (4) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Appellants (Increase in Expences) (Scotland) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1991.

2

In section 453(3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975^f00003 for the sum of “£40” there is substituted the sum of “£60”.

3

Article 7 of the Increase of Criminal Penalties etc. (Scotland) Order 1984 is revoked.

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 18th March 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases from £40 to £60 the maximum amount of expenses which may be awarded to an appellant in summary procedure, where the prosecutor consents to the conviction being set aside (article 2). This reflects the change in the value of money since the sum was last uprated in 1984.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1984/526.

[^f00002]: 1975 c. 21; section 289D was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), substituted by section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) (“the 1982 Act”) and amended by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47), Schedule 2; section 289D (1B), inserted by section 53 of the 1982 Act, contains a definition of “relevant date”.

[^f00003]: Section 453(3) was amended by S.I. 1984/526.