{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-18/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-18/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)",
  "text": "(1) Section 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (use of samples etc) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(a) and (b), after “2019” insert “or paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 to the National Security Act 2023”.\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n(a) in paragraph (c) omit “or”;\n(b) after that paragraph insert—\n“(ca) for the purposes of investigating foreign power threat activity, or”.\n(4) In subsection (6)—\n(a) in paragraph (c) omit “and”;\n(b) after that paragraph insert—\n“(ca) “foreign power threat activity” has the meaning given by section 33 of the National Security Act 2023, and”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 7 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/18/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+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."
}