Schedules

Schedule 18Minor and consequential amendments

7Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)

1

Section 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (use of samples etc) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)(a) and (b), after “2019” insert “or paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 to the National Security Act 2023”.

3

In subsection (2)—

a

in paragraph (c) omit “or”;

b

after that paragraph insert—

ca

for the purposes of investigating foreign power threat activity, or

4

In subsection (6)—

a

in paragraph (c) omit “and”;

b

after that paragraph insert—

ca

foreign power threat activity” has the meaning given by section 33 of the National Security Act 2023, and