Introductory text
Scotland
CRIMINAL LAW
Made 11th February 2008
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 12th February 2008
Coming into force 21st March 2008
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12AA(3) and (5) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 3AA(4) as applied by section 12AA(6) of that Act they have had regard to considerations of protecting the public at large, preventing re-offending by the prisoner and securing the successful re-integration of the prisoner into the community.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1993 c. 9. Section 3AA was inserted by section 15(5) of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 14) and section 12AA was inserted by section 15(10) of that Act. See section 12AA(4) for the definition of “prescribed”.