{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/602",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2013",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions: criminal offences",
  "text": "(1) Any criminal offence committed before the relevant day by an office-holder or body mentioned in column 1 of the Table below is, on and after that day, to be regarded for all purposes as if it had been committed by the office-holder or body mentioned in column 2 of the Table and criminal proceedings may be instituted or continued against the office-holder or body accordingly.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nChief constable of a police force maintained under the 1967 Act\nChief constable of the Police Service of Scotland\nPolice force maintained under the 1967 Act\nPolice Service of Scotland\nPolice authority or joint police board established under the 1967 Act\nScottish Police Authority\nRelevant authority (within the meaning of the 2005 Act)\nScottish Fire and Rescue Service\nScottish Police Services Authority\nScottish Police Authority\nDirector General of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency established and maintained under the 2006 Act\nChief constable of the Police Service of Scotland\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any offence committed by an office-holder in a personal capacity.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 1.4.2013, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2005 asp 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 asp 10."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/602/schedule/3/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:56.671742+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."
}