Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Retention of Samples etc. (Children’s Hearings) (Scotland) Order 2011 and comes into force on 15th April 2011.

(2)

In this Order—

(a)

“the 1982 Act” means the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982^f1;

(b)

“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;

(c)

“the 2009 Act” means the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009^f2;

(d)

“the CLCS Act” means the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995^f3;

(e)

“relevant offence” has the meaning given by section 18E(6) of the 1995 Act; and

(f)

“relevant sexual offence” and “relevant violent offence” have the meanings given by section 18E(11) of the 1995 Act^f4.

Annotations

f1: 1982 c.45.
f2: 2009 asp 9.
f3: 1995 c.39.
f4: The definitions of “relevant sexual offence” and “relevant violent offence” refer to the definitions of those terms in section 19A(6) of the 1995 Act. The definition of “relevant sexual offence” was amended by paragraph 2(4) of schedule 5 to the 2009 Act and section 81(a) of the 2010 Act. The definition of “relevant violent offence” was amended by section 81(b) of the 2010 Act.