The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/3004
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(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 1995 .

Section 2 Commencement of provisions

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.