Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 31 March 2023.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“foreign travel order” means an order under section 114 of the 2003 Act,
“interim risk of sexual harm order” means an order under section 5 of the 2005 Act,
“risk of sexual harm order” means an order under section 2 of the 2005 Act,
“sexual harm prevention order” means an order under section 11 or 12 of the Act,
“sexual offences prevention order” means an order under section 104 or 105 of the 2003 Act,
“sexual risk order” means an order under section 27 of the Act,
“the 2003 Act” means the Sexual Offences Act 2003^f1,
“the 2005 Act” means the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005^f2,
“the Act” means the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2003 c. 42. Sections 104, 105 and 114 are repealed by section 39 of the Act, subject to saving and transitional provision in section 40.
f2: 2005 asp 9. Sections 2 and 5 are repealed by section 39 of the Act, subject to saving and transitional provision in section 40.