http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/517/article/2/madeThe Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (Commencement No.2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1996Legal proceedingsJury serviceKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2017-05-04CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLANDThis Order brings into force—certain provisions of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (“the Act”) which are specified in the Schedule 1 to the Order on 5 March 1996 but only for the purpose of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under the provisions specified in that Schedule so as to come into force on or after 31st March 1996 (article 3(1)), andall the provisions of the Act, except section 66, on 31st March 1996, insofar as they are not then in force (article 3(2)).
2Citation and interpretation1

In this Order—

the Act” means the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995,

and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Order to a numbered section or Schedule is a reference to the section or Schedule bearing that number in the Act and, in article 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, this Order, includes a reference to any related repeal in Schedule 7 to the Act.

2

For the purposes of this Order, criminal proceedings are commenced—

a

in summary proceedings, on the date of the first calling of the case; and

b

in solemn proceedings, on the date on whichever of the following first occurs:—

i

the grant of a warrant to arrest and commit;

ii

the intimation of a petition;

iii

the service of an indictment.

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