Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001
2001 asp 7 · Enacted 5 July 2001 · Extends to Scotland
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend certain enactments relating to the sentencing and release of life prisoners, the constitution and powers of the Parole Board, legal advice and assistance and legal aid, homosexual offences and the appointment and removal of the procurator fiscal of the Lyon Court which are or may be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights; and to enable further changes in the law where it is or may be incompatible with the Convention.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 30th May 2001 and received Royal Assent on 5th July 2001
Contents
- Part 1: PRISONERS AND PAROLE
- 1Release of life prisoners
- 2Amendment of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
- 3Amendment of provisions relating to transferred life prisoners
- 4Transitional provisions
- Part 2: CONSTITUTION OF PAROLE BOARD FOR SCOTLAND
- 5Appointment and removal of Parole Board members
- Part 3: LEGAL AID
- 6Extension of advice and assistance and civil legal aid under Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986
- 7Fixed payments for criminal legal assistance: exceptional cases
- 8Criminal legal assistance: retrospective revision of fixed payments regulations
- 9Employment of solicitors by Scottish Legal Aid Board: further provisions
- Part 4: HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCES
- 10Repeal of section 13(2)(a) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995
- Part 5: PROCURATOR FISCAL OF THE LYON COURT
- 11Appointment of procurator fiscal of the Lyon Court
- Part 6: POWER TO MAKE REMEDIAL ORDERS
- 12Remedial orders
- 13Procedure for remedial orders: general
- 14Procedure for remedial orders: urgent cases
- Part 7: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 15Short title and commencement
- Schedule: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- Part 1: EXISTING LIFE PRISONERS
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 7AParagraph 7A
- 8Paragraph 8
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- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15
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- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- 19Paragraph 19
- 20Paragraph 20
- 21Paragraph 21
- 22Paragraph 22
- 23Paragraph 23
- 24Paragraph 24
- 25Paragraph 25
- 26Paragraph 26
- Part 2: EXISTING DESIGNATED LIFE PRISONERS
- 27Paragraph 27
- 28Paragraph 28
- 29Paragraph 29
- 30Paragraph 30
- Part 3: EXISTING LIFE PRISONERS RECOMMENDED FOR RELEASE
- 31Paragraph 31
- 32Paragraph 32
- 33Paragraph 33
- 34Paragraph 34
- 35Paragraph 35
- 36Paragraph 36
- 37Paragraph 37
- 38Paragraph 38
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- 40Paragraph 40
- 41Paragraph 41
- 42Paragraph 42
- 43Paragraph 43
- 44Paragraph 44
- 45Paragraph 45
- 46Paragraph 46
- 47Paragraph 47
- 48Paragraph 48
- Part 4: TRANSFERRED LIFE PRISONERS
- 49Paragraph 49
- 49AParagraph 49A
- 50Paragraph 50
- 51Paragraph 51
- 52Paragraph 52
- 53Paragraph 53
- 54Paragraph 54
- 55Paragraph 55
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- 69Paragraph 69
- 70Paragraph 70
- 71Paragraph 71
- 72Paragraph 72
- 73Paragraph 73
- 74Paragraph 74
- Part 5: LIFE PRISONERS TRANSFERRED UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH ACTS
- 75Paragraph 75
- 76Paragraph 76
- 77Paragraph 77
- 78Paragraph 78
- Part 6: EXISTING MEMBERS OF THE PAROLE BOARD
- 79Paragraph 79
- 80Paragraph 80
- 81Paragraph 81
- 82Paragraph 82
- 83Paragraph 83