Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987

72 Short title, commencement and extent.E+W+S

(1)This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987; and subject to subsection (4) below it extends to Scotland only.

(2)This Act, except this section, shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and for different provisions.

(3)An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force (whether wholly or partly) by the order.

(4)This section and sections 4(5), 20(1), 33 to 37, 41(10) to (12), 45(2), (3) and (7)(c) and (f), 47, 55(a) and (b) and 69 of, and, in so far as relating to the M1Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986, section 70(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, this Act extend to England and Wales as well as to Scotland; sections 51 to 53, 56(11) and 59 extend to England and Wales and to Northern Ireland as well as to Scotland; sections 31 and 45(1), (4) and (7)(a), (b), (d) and (e) extend to England and Wales only; [F1and section 55(c) extends to Northern Ireland only].

Textual Amendments

F1Words repealed (prosp.) by S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I. 10), arts. 1, 113, Sch. 6

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 72(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1987/1468, 1594, 2119; 1988/482, 483, 1710

Marginal Citations