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Paragraph 41.1 Application and interpretationF1F2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This Chapter deals with various matters relating to—

(a)

the Human Rights Act 1998;

(b)

the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024.

(2)

In this Chapter—

  • “the 1998 Act” means the Human Rights Act 1998;

  • “the 2024 Act” means the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024;

  • “declaration of incompatibility” has the meaning given by section 4 (declaration of incompatibility) of the 1998 Act;

  • “incompatibility declarator” has the meaning given by section 26(2) of the 2024 Act;

  • “strike down declarator” has the meaning given by section 25(2) of the 2024 Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 Ch. 41 inserted (2.10.2000) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (Human Rights Act 1998) 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/315), paras. 1(b), 2

F2

Sch. 2 rule 41.1 substituted (16.7.2024) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024) 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/174), paras. 1(2), 2(4)(b)

Notes on Chapter 41

Textual amendments

F2

Sch. 2 Ch. 41 heading substituted (16.7.2024) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024) 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/174), paras. 1(2), 2(4)(a)