SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 27Enabling powers: alteration of maximum penalties etc.
Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)
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(1)
Section 113 of the Scotland Act 1998 (subordinate legislation: scope of powers) is amended as follows.
(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.”