Valid from 02/05/2022
7(1)Section 113 of the Scotland Act 1998 (subordinate legislation: scope of powers) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph (a) of subsection (10), for “three months” there is substituted “ the prescribed term ”.
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(10A)In subsection (10)(a), “the prescribed term” means—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a summary offence, 51 weeks;
(b)in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is triable either way, twelve months;
(c)in relation to F1... Northern Ireland, three months.”
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 27 para. 7(3) omitted (31.10.2012) by virtue of Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 39(5), 44(5); S.I. 2012/2516, art. 2(e)