{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abusive-behaviour-and-sexual-harm-scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/93",
  "legislation_title": "The Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abusive-behaviour-and-sexual-harm-scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 24th April 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—\n(a) section 1 (domestic abuse aggravation);\n(b) section 5 (non-harassment orders in criminal cases);\n(c) section 6 (jury directions relating to sexual offences);\n(d) section 7 (incitement to commit certain sexual acts elsewhere in the United Kingdom);\n(e) section 8 (commission of certain sexual offences elsewhere in the United Kingdom);\n(f) section 9 (commission of certain sexual offences outside the United Kingdom);\n(g) section 41 (interpretation);\n(h) section 43 (minor and consequential modifications); and\n(i) paragraph 6 of schedule 2 (minor modification of section 54(8) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009).\n(2) Section 43 of the Act comes into force only for the purpose of commencing paragraph 6 of schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 asp 9."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/93/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:26.429911+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}