Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

These Regulations shall come into force –

(a)

in so far as they make provision for the purposes of section 112 of the Police Act 1997, on 29th July 2002; and

(b)

for all other purposes, on 28th April 2002.

(3)

These Regulations extend to Scotland and, in so far as regulations 7 and 8 extend beyond Scotland, they do so only as a matter of Scots law.