CRIMINAL CASES

Periods for treatment orders: amendments made by section 41 of the Act

20.  Despite the commencement of section 41 of the Act—

(a) the amendment made by subsection (3) of that section to section 52P of the 1995 Act(1) (treatment order: supplementary) has no effect where the treatment order referred to in section 52P(1) is made before the appointed day;

(b) the amendments made by subsection (4) of that section to section 52R(2) of the 1995 Act (termination of treatment order) have no effect where the treatment order referred to in section 52R(1) of the 1995 Act was made before the appointed day.

(1)

Sections 52P and 52R were inserted by the 2003 Act, section 130.

(2)

Section 52R was amended by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, schedule 2(1), paragraph 3(a) and (b).