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The Supervised Attendance Order (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2007

S.S.I. 2007/120 · Made 27 February 2007

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CRIMINAL LAW

Made 27th February 2007

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 1st March 2007

Coming into force 1st September 2007

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 235(4)(a) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 46. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. 3Prescribed courts
  4. 4Revocation
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Supervised Attendance Order (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2007.

2Commencement

The provisions of this Order shall come into force on 1st September 2007.

3Prescribed courts

The courts which are prescribed for the purposes of section 235(4)(a) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 are–

(a)

all Sheriff Courts in Scotland; and

(b)

all District Courts in Scotland; and

(c)

all Justice of the Peace Courts in Scotlandf1.

4Revocation

The Supervised Attendance Order (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2004f1 is revoked.

Signature

CATHY JAMIESON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th February 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes all Sheriff Courts, District Courts and Justice of the Peace Courts in Scotland as the courts which must make a supervised attendance order in the circumstances described in section 235(4) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (article 3). These arrangements apply to these courts with effect from 1st September 2007.

This Order also revokes the Supervised Attendance Order (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2004 (article 4).

A supervised attendance order requires an offender to attend a place of supervision for a specified period and, during that period, to carry out such instructions as may be given to the offender by the supervising officer.