Explanatory Notes

Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

2014 asp 18

10 November 2014

The Act

Schedule 5 – Modifications of enactments

Part 2 – Sheriff Appeal Court

Paragraph 17 – Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010

311.This paragraph makes consequential amendments to the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 that deal with sentencing guidelines from the Scottish Sentencing Council, to take account of the transfer of summary criminal appeal jurisdiction from the High Court to the Sheriff Appeal Court by section 118.