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Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 in England

1997 c. 48 · Enacted 21 March 1997 · Extends to United Kingdom

Not fully up to date. 2 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 17 May 2022.

See the changes not yet applied
ProvisionChangeMade by
Sch. 1 para. 21(29)words substitutedCriminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 sch. 4 para. 4
s. 61power to amend conferredCriminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 s. 70

Contents

  1. Part I: Sentencing
  2. Automatic sentences
  3. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 5Restriction of liberty orders.
  5. 6Disposal in cases of mentally disordered offenders.
  6. 10Medical evidence in relation to mentally disordered offenders.
  7. 11Increase in maximum period of interim hospital orders.
  8. 12Sentence calculation where remand spent in hospital.
  9. 14Increase in maximum penalty for certain sexual offences.
  10. 17Right of appeal.
  11. 18Automatic sentences: jurisdiction and appeals.
  12. 19Appeal against automatic sentence where earlier conviction quashed.
  13. 20Transfer of rights of appeal of deceased person.
  14. 21Increased rights of appeal of prosecutor.
  15. 22Appeal by prosecutor against hospital orders etc.
  16. 23Appeals against orders under section 49 of the 1995 Act.
  17. 24Suspension of certain sentences pending determination of appeal.
  18. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
  19. 25Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.
  20. Evidential provisions
  21. 27Proof of age.
  22. 28Evidence from certain official documents.
  23. 29Evidence of vulnerable persons: special provisions.
  24. 31Previous convictions in solemn proceedings.
  25. 32Supervision and care of persons diverted from prosecution or subject to supervision requirement.
  26. Part III: Prisoners
  27. IEarly release
  28. 42Testing of prisoners for alcohol.
  29. 44Unlawful disclosure of information.
  30. Police funding and organisation
  31. 47Record of evidence taken from external parts of body.
  32. 48Samples etc. from persons convicted of sexual and violent offences.
  33. 49Criminal legal assistance.
  34. Employment of solicitors
  35. 50Employment of solicitors in relation to criminal legal assistance.
  36. Fixed payments for criminal legal assistance
  37. 51Fixed payments.
  38. 52Contracts for the provision of criminal legal assistance.
  39. Powers of investigation
  40. 53Power of investigation of Scottish Legal Aid Board.
  41. 54Regulations in relation to criminal legal assistance.
  42. Miscellaneous
  43. 55Liberation of child by police.
  44. 57Precognitions.
  45. 58Information concerning jurors.
  46. 59Certification of previous convictions in criminal proceedings.
  47. 60Grants for forensic medical services.
  48. General
  49. 62Minor and consequential amendments, and repeals.
  50. 64Interpretation.
  51. 65Short title, commencement and extent.
  52. Schedule 1: Minor and Consequential Amendments
  53. The Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)
  54. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  55. 2Paragraph 2
  56. The Firearms Act 1968 (c.27) Not yet in force
  57. 3Paragraph 3 Not yet in force
  58. 4Paragraph 4
  59. 5Paragraph 5
  60. 6Paragraph 6
  61. 7Paragraph 7
  62. 8Paragraph 8
  63. 10Paragraph 10
  64. 11Paragraph 11
  65. 12Paragraph 12
  66. 15Paragraph 15
  67. 16Paragraph 16
  68. 17Paragraph 17