Provisions coming into force on 10th March 20142.

Subject to article 3, the following provisions of the 2012 Act come into force on 10th March 2014—

(a)

section 139 (establishment or alteration of rehabilitation periods);

(b)

section 141 (transitional and consequential provision) in so far as not already in force; and

(c)

Schedule 25 (rehabilitation of offenders: consequential provision) except paragraph 4 (which omits section 3 of the 1974 Act5) (special provision with respect to certain disposals by children’s hearings under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968)).