Section 118 Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995.

P1(2)

This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different areas or different purposes.

(3)

An order under subsection (2) above may make such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with any provision brought into force by the order.

(4)

Subject to subsections (5) to (7) below, this Act extends only to Scotland.

(5)

Section 110 of and Schedule 4 to this Act extend to England and Wales as well as to Scotland.

(6)

Section 108 of this Act extends only to England and Wales.

(7)

The amendment or repeal of any enactment by Schedule 6 or 7 to this Act has the same extent as the enactment amended or repealed.

Annotations

Subordinate legislation made

P1

S. 118(2) power partly exercised (31.8.1995): 26.9.1995 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1995/2295, art. 3

S. 118(2) power partly exercised (1.3.1996): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1996/517, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 4)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (S.)(1.4.1996, except ss. 20(3)(5), 66) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 6, 7(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 16(3), 17, Sch. 5; the repeal having effect in relation to s. 20(3)(5) on 1.4.1997 by virtue of 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 6, Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 17, Sch. 5; 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 60; S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7) and in relation to s. 66 on 1.8.1997 by virtue of 1997 c. 48, s. 62(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 16, Sch. 3; S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch.