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Regulation 3 Amendment to section 44 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Section 44 (detention of children) of the 1995 Actf1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (6A)(b)f2, for “two-fifths” substitute “three-tenths”.

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Footnotes

f1

Section 44 was relevantly amended by the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5) and the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 1).

f2

Section 44(6A) was inserted by section 2(4)(b) of the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 1).