Valid from 25/06/2012
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c.42)S
73SIn section 135 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (interpretation: mentally disordered persons), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)In the application of this Part in relation to Scotland, a reference to a person being found not guilty of an offence by reason of insanity is to be read as a reference to a person being acquitted of an offence by reason of the special defence set out in section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.”.