The Disqualification from Driving (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 1997

Made: 9th December 1997

Laid before Parliament: 11th December 1997

Coming into force: 1st January 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 248C(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995¹, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Disqualification from Driving (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998.

2

For the purposes of section 248C(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the courts prescribed in this Order are the sheriff courts of Paisley and Perth.

Signed

Henry McLeish — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 9th December 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the sheriff courts of Paisley and Perth for the purposes of section 248C(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

The effect of the Order is that the prescribed courts may make orders under section 248A or 248B of the 1995 Act. An order under section 248A may disqualify an offender from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle in addition to or instead of dealing with the offender in any other way. An order under section 248B may disqualify a fine defaulter from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle instead of imposing a period of imprisonment in default of payment of a fine.

By virtue of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 1997, sections 248A and 248B of the 1995 Act do not apply in relation to an offence committed before 1st January 1998.

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