This note is not part of the Order
This Order brings into force on 19th June 2006 section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.
Section 1 inserts new sections 210B–210H into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) (“the 1995 Act”), making provision for the assessment and sentencing of serious violent and sexual offenders. Schedule 1 makes consequential amendments to the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9) and the 1995 Act.
The sections brought into force by this Order apply to sentences imposed for offences committed on or after 20th June 2006, except for cases in which the maximum sentence which could have been imposed at the time the offence was committed was life imprisonment; in such cases, the sections brought into force by this Order apply to sentences imposed in cases which are commenced on or after 20th June 2006 (i.e. cases in which a report of the case is received by the procurator fiscal on or after 20th June 2006).