Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Victim Statements (Prescribed Offences) (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 1st April 2009.

This Order applies to offences in respect of which the procurator fiscal receives the relevant police report on or after 1st April 2009.

In paragraph (2) “relevant police report” means the report made for the purposes of deciding whether to bring proceedings in respect of an offence.