{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-108A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-108A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/108A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "108A",
  "heading": "Lord Advocate’s appeal against decision not to impose automatic sentence in certain cases.",
  "text": "Where the court has exercised the power conferred by section or or 205B(3) of this Act, the Lord Advocate may appeal against that decision.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 108A inserted (20.10.1997 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by 1997 c. 48 , s. 18(2) ; S.I. 1997/2323 , art. 3 , Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 108A substituted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37 , s. 119 , Sch. 8 para. 120 ; S.I. 1998/2327 , art. 2(1)(y)(2)(kk)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/108A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:46.035735+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}