Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)
117(1)For section 18(3) of the 1995 Act (prints and samples) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, all record of any relevant physical data taken from or provided by a person under subsection (2) above, all samples taken under subsection (6) below and all information derived from such samples shall be destroyed as soon as possible following a decision not to institute criminal proceedings against the person or on the conclusion of such proceedings otherwise than with a conviction or an order under section 246(3) of this Act.”
(2)The amendment made by sub-paragraph (1) above shall be deemed to have had effect from 1 August 1997.
118In subsection (3) of section 49 of the 1995 Act (references to children’s hearings), in paragraph (b), after the words “the sheriff” there shall be inserted the words “or district”.
119In section 106(1)(bb) of the 1995 Act (appeals against automatic sentences), which is prospectively inserted by section 18(1) of the [1997 c. 48.] Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997, for the words “205B(3) or 209(1A)” there shall be substituted the words “or 205B(3)”.
120In section 108A of the 1995 Act (prosecutor’s right of appeal against refusal to impose automatic sentence), which is prospectively inserted by section 18(2) of the [1997 c. 48.] Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997, for the words “205B(3) or 209(1A)” there shall be substituted the words “or 205B(3)”.
121In section 118(4A) of the 1995 Act (disposal of appeals), which is prospectively inserted by section 18(5) of the [1997 c. 48.] Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997, in paragraph (c), sub-paragraph (iii) shall cease to have effect.
122In section 167 of the 1995 Act (findings and sentences in summary proceedings), in subsection (7), at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to section 204A of this Act,”.
123In subsection (5C) of section 175 of the 1995 Act (right of appeal in summary proceedings), the words “paragraph (a) of” shall be omitted.
124In subsection (1) of section 307 of the 1995 Act (interpretation), in the definition of “officer of law”—
(a)after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(ba)any person commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise;”; and
(b)in paragraph (e), for the words “class or persons” there shall be substituted the words “class of persons”.