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The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2018

S.I. 2018/161 · Made 7 February 2018

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Criminal Law, Scotland

Made 7th February 2018

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(2) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2013 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 1st March 2018
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2018.

2Provisions coming into force on 1st March 2018

So far as extending to Scotland, section 56 of, and Schedule 22f1 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (drugs and driving), come into force on 1st March 2018.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jesse Norman

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

7th February 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order commences, so far as extending to Scotland, section 56 of, and Schedule 22 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). Section 56 creates a new drug driving offence in Great Britain, and Schedule 22 makes consequential amendments to primary legislation. Section 56 and Schedule 22 came into force in England and Wales on 2nd March 2015, and will come into force in Northern Ireland on 1st March 2018.