The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1712
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order–

“ the Act ” means the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997;

“the 1995 Act ” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 .

Section 3 Commencement of provisions

Subject to articles 4 and 5 below, the provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and described by reference to the subject matter in column 2 of that Schedule shall come into force on 1st August 1997 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.

Section 4 Transitional Provisions

The coming into force of section 14 of the Act shall not affect the penalty for an offence committed before 1st August 1997.

Section 5 Transitional Provisions

Section 67A of the 1995 Act as inserted by section 57 of the Act shall apply only in the case of a citation served on or after 1st August 1997.