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The Drugs Courts (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013

S.S.I. 2013/302 · Made 29 October 2013

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Criminal Law

Made 29th October 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 31st October 2013

Coming into force 29th November 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(2) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 asp 7; see section 87(1) of that Act for the definition of “prescribed”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Drugs Courts (Scotland) Order 2003
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Drugs Courts (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on 29th November 2013.

2Amendment of the Drugs Courts (Scotland) Order 2003

(1)

The Drugs Courts (Scotland) Order 2003f1 is amended in accordance with this article.

(2)

In the Schedule (list of Sheriffdoms), omit paragraph 2 (the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife).

Signature

KENNY MACASKILL

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrews House,

Edinburgh

29th October 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Drugs Courts (Scotland) Order 2003 to remove the reference to the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife from the Schedule. By virtue of this amendment, the sheriffdom is no longer required to have a drugs court in accordance with section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.