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An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to criminal procedure in Scotland.
[8th November 1995]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
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E1Act extends to Scotland; for sections extending to England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, see s. 309(3)-(6).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act modified (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3255, reg. 5
C2Act amended (temp. from 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 5
C3Act extended (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 1, 2(2), 7(2)
C4Act excluded (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 39, ss. 46(3), 53(2)
C5Act construed (S.) (1.4.1996) with 1995 c. 39, ss. 43(2), 53(2)
C6Act applied (3.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/1701, reg. 17, Sch. 13 para. 14(3);
Act applied (20.11.2002) by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), ss. 114B(6), 204B(6), 297D(6) (as inserted by Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002 (c. 25), ss. 3, 4, 5; S.I. 2002/2749, art. 2)
Act applied (7.3.2005) by The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/281), reg. 98(3)
Act applied (S.) (5.10.2005) by The Mental Health (Cross border transfer: patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital)(Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/467), {reg. 46(1)}
Act modified (S.) (6.10.2006) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), ss. 43(1), 55(1); S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2 (subject to art. 4)
C7Act modified (12.12.2007) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45), ss. 49(1), 68 (with ss. 1(2), 58(1), 59, 60); S.S.I. 2007/519, art. 2
C8Act modified (S.) (10.3.2008, 2.6.2008, 8.12.2008, 23.2.2009, 14.12.2009 and 22.2.2010 for certain purposes, otherwise prosp.) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 62(8), 84; S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/192, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/362, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2009/432, art. 3, Schs. 1, 2
Act: power to apply conferred (S.) (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 64(5), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (as amended by S.S.I. 2007/527)
Act: power to modify conferred (S.) (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 64(6)(7), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (as amended by S.S.I. 2007/527)
C9various regulations applied by 1997 c. 43, Sch. 1 para. 19B (as inserted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 7 (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u))
C10Act power to apply (with or without modifications) conferred by 2002 c. 29, s. 118(2B)(c) (as inserted (1.3.2016) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 19(1)(b), 88(2)(a); S.S.I. 2016/11, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3))
C11136(3) applied (31.12.2020) by The Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1145), regs. 1(2), 34(4)(a); S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 3(2)
C12Act modified (5.11.2021) by 1953 c. 28, s. 2(1A) (as inserted by Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 18), ss. 2(1), 7(2) (with s. 2(2)))
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force on 1.4.1996, see s. 309(2)
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