LegalizeThe Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1997
Made: 12th December 1997
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 65(2) of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 19971 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1997.
- (2) In this Order–
- “the Act” means the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997; and
- “the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 19952.
Commencement of provisions
2
The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and whose subject matter is specified in column 2 of that Schedule shall, insofar as they are not then in force, come into force on 1st January 1998, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.
SCHEDULE — THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 1ST JANUARY 1998
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provision of Act | Subject Matter | Purpose |
| Section 25 | Scottish Criminal Cases | Only for the purpose of Review Commission inserting sections 194A, 194E and 194G and Schedule 9A into the 1995 Act |
| Section 62(1) | Amendments | Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 1 to the Act specified or referred to in this Schedule |
| Section 63(1)(a)(ii) | Financial provisions | |
| In Schedule 1, paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 | Amendment of enactments |
Signed
Henry McLeish — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 12th December 1997
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of and the Schedule to this Order appoints 1st January 1998 for the coming into force of section 25 of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the Act”), for the purpose of inserting certain provisions into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 which relate to the setting up of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. The Order also brings into force on 1st January 1998 section 63(1)(a)(ii) of the Act which relates to the finance of the Commission, together with consequential amendments. The Commission will begin to exercise its statutory powers to review cases only when section 25 of the Act is brought into force for all purposes.
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