Article 3

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) below, this Order extends to England and Wales only.

(2)

So far as relating to the following provisions of the 1991 Act, namely—

(a)

sections 16, 17(1) and (2) and 24; and

(b)

Schedule 3, paragraph 6 of Schedule 6, paragraph 5 of Schedule 8, paragraph 15 of Schedule 11 and, so far as relating to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968^f1, Schedule 13,

this Order also extends to Scotland.

(3)

So far as relating to section 23(2), and to Schedule 13 in so far as it relates to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975^f2, this Order extends to Scotland only.

(4)

So far as relating to the following provisions of the 1991 Act, namely, section 16, Schedule 3, paragraph 16 of Schedule 11 and, so far as relating to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Schedule 13, this Order also extends to Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1968 c. 49.
f2: 1975 c. 21.