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Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Presumption Against Short Periods of Imprisonment (Scotland) Order 2019.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on the day after the Order is made.

(3) Article 2 of this Order comes into force on the second day after the Order is made.

(4) In this Order, “the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.