Paragraph 7 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)I1 I2

United Kingdom

(1)

Section 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (use of samples etc) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)(a) and (b), after “2019” insert “or paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 to the National Security Act 2023”.

(3)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

in paragraph (c) omit “or”;

(b)

after that paragraph insert—

“(ca)

for the purposes of investigating foreign power threat activity, or”.

(4)

In subsection (6)—

(a)

in paragraph (c) omit “and”;

(b)

after that paragraph insert—

“(ca)

“foreign power threat activity” has the meaning given by section 33 of the National Security Act 2023, and”.

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