Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

[F1 7. (1) In this Part— S

• “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

• “the 2008 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008;

• “the appropriate Scottish court” means, in relation to an order to which paragraph 6 applies—

  (a)

  the court in Scotland which imposed the order by virtue of paragraph 1, or

  (b)

  where the order has been varied by virtue of paragraph 2 or 6(6)(b), the court in Scotland which made the last such variation;

• “corresponding order” means—

  (a)

  in relation to an offender who is under the age of 18, a youth rehabilitation order within the meaning of Part 1 of the 2008 Act,

  (b)

  in relation to any other offender, a community order within the meaning of Part 12 of the 2003 Act;

• “the home court” means the magistrates’ court acting for the local justice area in which the offender resides or will reside;

• “relevant area” means—

  (a)

  in relation to an offender who is under the age of 18, the area of the local authority (within the meaning given by section 7(1) of the 2008 Act) where the offender resides or will reside,

  (b)

  in relation to any other offender, the local justice area where the offender resides or will reside;

• “relevant service” means—

  (a)

  in relation to an offender who is under the age of 18, a youth offending team within the meaning given by section 7(1) of the 2008 Act,

  (b)

  in relation to any other offender, a provider of a probation service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Offender Management Act 2007;

• “responsible officer”—

  (a)

  in relation to an offender who is under the age of 18, has the meaning given in section 4 of the 2008 Act,

  (b)

  in relation to any other offender, has the meaning given in section 197 of the 2003 Act.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (1), any word or expression used in this Part which is also used in any of sections 227A to 227ZK of this Act has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of those sections.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 13 inserted (16.9.2011) by The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2298), art. 1, Sch. para. 6 (with art. 4(4))