Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985

Section 60.

SCHEDULE 3 S TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Section 36 S

1 Sections 141A, 141B, 346A and 346B of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 do not apply in relation to a trial which has commenced before the coming into force of those sections ; and, for the purposes of this paragraph, a triaal shall be taken to commence—

(a) in the case of solemn proceedings, when the oath is administered to the jury ;

(b) in the case of summary proceedings, when the first witness is sworn.

2 S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 2 repealed by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 3, 5, Sch. 1, Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2

Section 39 S

3 Section 193B of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 shall not affect the punishment for an offence committed before the coming into force of section 39 of this Act.

Section 40 S

4 The amendments to section 407(1A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 effected by section 40 of this Act have no effect in relation to fines imposed in respect of the offences committed before the coming into force of section 40 of this Act.