{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-303N",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-303N.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/303N",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "303N",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) A direction or determination under a provision of the schedule of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 mentioned in the first column of the table below is, insofar as it relates to criminal proceedings, to be treated as though it were a direction or determination under the provision of this Act mentioned in the corresponding entry in the second column.\nProvision of the schedule of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 under which the direction or determination was issued\nProvision of this Act under which the direction or determination is to be treated as having been issued\nparagraph 3(2)(b)\nsection 303E(2)\nparagraph 6(2)\nsection 303H(2)\nparagraph 6(4)\nsection 303G(2)\nparagraph 7(2)(a)\nsection 303J(2)(a)\nparagraph 7(2)(b)\nsection 303J(2)(b)\nparagraph 8(1)\nsection 303K(1)\n(2) A general direction issued by virtue of paragraph 9(1)(a) of the schedule of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 is to be treated as though it were issued by virtue of section 303L(1)(a) of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 303N, 303O and cross-heading inserted (1.12.2025) by Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 14), ss. 4(2), 34(2)(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/303N",
    "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."
}