Contents
- Part I Solemn Procedure
- Procedure prior to Trial
- Part II Summary Procedure
- Part III General
- Schedule 3 Composition of Juries
- Schedule 5 Discharge and Amendment of Probation Orders
- Schedule 5A Supervision and Treatment Orders
- Schedule 6 Fines on Indictment—Payment by Instalments
- Schedule 7B Alteration of Penalties on Summary Conviction of Certain Offences
- Schedule 9 Amendment of Other Enactments
- Schedule 10 Repeals and Revocations
Part I · Solemn Procedure
Jurisdiction
2Jurisdiction and powers of courts of solemn jurisdiction.#
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5Procedure in case of crime in different districts.#
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6Jurisdiction and procedure in respect of certain indictable offences committed abroad.#
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8Trial of certain crimes and offences in sheriff court.#
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9Instructions by Lord Advocate as to reporting offences.#
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Procedure prior to Trial
Conviction and Sentence
Caution
Admonition and discharge
Imprisonment, etc.
205ARecommendation as to minimum period of detention for person convicted of murder.#
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206Detention of children convicted on indictment.#
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212ASupervised release orders.#
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(1A)Where regulation 28(7) of the Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (linking provisions) applies, the effective date of the maintenance calculation shall be the date which would have been the beginning of the first maintenance period in respect of the conversion decision on or after what, but for this paragraph, would have been the relevant effective date provided for in regulation 24(2) to (4).
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(i)a parent with care cares for one child only, and
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(i)a parent with care cares for one child only, and
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(6)In this section—• “relevant officer” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993;• “relevant period” means such period as may be specified in the supervised release order, being a period—(a) not exceeding twelve months after the date of the person’s release; and(b) no part of which is later than the date by which the entire term of imprisonment specified in his sentence has elapsed; and• “supervising officer” means, where an authority has or justices have been designated as is mentioned in subsection (2)(a) above for the purposes of the order, any relevant officer or, as the case may be, probation officer who is for the time being supervising for those purposes the person released.
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Miscellaneous provisions as to conviction, sentence, etc.
216Art and part guilt of statutory offence.#
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218Consideration of time spent in custody.#
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220Capital sentence not competent under this Act.#
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221No penal servitude or hard labour.#
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223ADisqualification in Scotland where vehicle used to commit offence.#
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224Warrant of search for forfeited articles.#
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Fines
194Application of summary procedure provisions relating to fines.#
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196Fines, etc., may be enforced in other district.#
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Penalties for statutory offences
Probation
184Probation orders requiring treatment for mental condition.#
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185Discharge and amendment of probation orders.#
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186Failure to comply with requirement of probation order.#
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188Probation orders relating to persons residing in England.#
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Adjournment and remand
179Power of court to adjourn a case before sentence.#
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Appeal
Miscellaneous
Further provisions as to appeals
264Disqualification, forfeiture, etc.#
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268Reckoning of time spent pending appeal.#
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271Clerk of Justiciary to furnish forms, etc.#
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275Transcripts of record and documentary productions.#
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277Non-compliance with certain provisions may be waived.#
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278Forms of procedure may be varied.#
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279Interpretation of sections 228 to 278 of this Act.#
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Procedure at hearing
245Quorum and sitting of High Court.#
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247Powers which may be exercised by a single judge.#
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248Single judge may act wherever convenient.#
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250Representation before single judge.#
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251Appeal against refusal of application.#
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253Evidence in court or on commission.#
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254BConvictions not to be quashed on certain grounds.#
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255Supplementary provisions where High Court authorises new prosecution.#
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258Appellant may be sentenced in absence.#
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260Notice of decision of court on application.#
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Procedure prior to hearing
228AAppeal by Lord Advocate against sentence in solemn proceedings.#
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230Bill of suspension not competent.#
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231Intimation of intention to appeal.#
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234Presentation of appeal in writing.#
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235Applications may be made orally or in writing.#
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236Proceedings in sheriff court to be furnished.#
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239Clerk to give notice of date of hearing.#
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240Appellant may be present at hearing.#
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241Notice to authorities, etc., of date of hearing.#
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242Notice to Prison Commissioners of attendance of appellant at hearing.#
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Accelerated Trial
Arrest, Judicial Examination, Custody, Bail, Etc.
13Warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.#
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14Warrant to search for or remove a child.#
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15Warrants granted by justice may be executed throughout Scotland.#
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15AWarrants for search and apprehension to be signed by judge.#
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18Power of constable to take offenders into custody.#
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19Prisoners before examination to have access to solicitor.#
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20Accused at examination need not emit a declaration.#
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20AAccused at examination may be questioned by prosecutor.#
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20BRecord to be made of proceedings at examination.#
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21Examination of accused on charges arising in different districts.#
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22Committal until liberation in due course of law.#
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23Remand and committal of persons under 21.#
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24Committal of children to custody in place of safety.#
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25Power of court to commit to hospital a person suffering from mental disorder.#
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27Renewal of application for bail after committal.#
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28Admission or refusal of bail after committal.#
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28ANo bail for persons charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous conviction of such offences.#
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30Application for review of court’s decision on bail and caution.#
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30AApplication by prosecutor for review of court’s decision to grant bail.#
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32No fees exigible against accused in respect of application for bail.#
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33Liberation of applicant when appeal by public prosecutor.#
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35Right of Lord Advocate and High Court to admit a person to bail.#
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37Power to order parent to give security for child’s good behaviour.#
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38Separation of children from adults at courts, etc.#
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Citation of Accused, Witnesses and Jurors
70Service of indictment and list of witnesses.#
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71Manner of service of indictment, etc.#
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72Officers may cite jurors and witnesses, without witnesses and oath of officer sufficient evidence of citation.#
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Delay in trial
First Diet
104Remit to High Court for sentence.#
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108Certain objections competent only at first diet.#
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109Interlocutor of relevancy unnecessary.#
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Fixing the Diets
Lodging of List of Witnesses, Productions, Special Defence, Etc.
78Record copy of indictment and list of witnesses.#
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81Examination by prosecutor of witnesses, etc., not included in lists lodged.#
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82Written notice of special defence and examination of witnesses and productions not included in lists lodged.#
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82AParties may examine each other’s witnesses etc.#
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Notice of previous convictions
Preparation of Jury List, etc.
85Number of jurors to be returned for trial.#
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86Jurors for High Court at Edinburgh.#
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90Order in which names of jurors are to be taken.#
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91Names of jurors dying or becoming disqualified to be passed over in making returns of jurors.#
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92Jurors as returned to serve on trials.#
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93Names of jurors to be inserted in one roll.#
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94One list of assize sufficient for all trials at the same diet in High Court.#
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95No irregularity in lists, etc., to be an objection to jurors.#
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97Sufficient jurors only to be summoned.#
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98Jurors to be cited by registered letter or recorded delivery.#
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Procedure at Trial
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124On plea of guilty, jury to be dispensed with and sentence pronounced.#
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125On plea of not guilty, plea to be recorded and jury balloted.#
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126On plea of not guilty, the indictment need not be read over.#
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127Procedure where trial does not take place.#
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128Provision for death or illness of judge.#
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129Jury to be chosen by ballot in open court.#
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130Challenges and objections to jurors.#
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131Juror without citation not to be objected to.#
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132Jurors chosen for one trial may continue to serve.#
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134Provision for death or illness of jurors.#
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135Clerk to state charge, and swear jury.#
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138Witnesses not to be excluded by reason of conviction, interest, etc.#
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139Witnesses admissible notwithstanding relationship to parties.#
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139APower to permit witness to be in court during trial.#
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140Presence in court not to disqualify witnesses in certain cases.#
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141Accused and spouse competent witnesses for defence.#
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141AEvidence in relation to sexual offences.#
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141ZAEvidence of criminal record and character of accused.#
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147Witness may be examined, etc., as to having previously made a different statement.#
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150Admissions and agreements as to evidence.#
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151Record of proceedings at examination to be received in evidence without being sworn to by witnesses.#
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153Seclusion of jury, etc., after retiral.#
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154Oral verdicts to be returned by juries.#
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155Verdicts may be returned by juries without retiring.#
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155ATaking of other proceedings while jury out.#
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156Interruption of trial for verdict in earlier trial.#
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157Interruption of trial for plea or sentence in another cause.#
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158No proceeding under section 156 or 157 of this Act to be deemed an irregularity.#
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160Laying of previous convictions before jury.#
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161Laying of previous convictions before judge.#
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162Extract convictions to be received and manner of proof.#
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Procedure at trial involving children
165Child under 14 not to be in court during trial of another person.#
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166Power to clear court while child is giving evidence in certain cases.#
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167Power to proceed with case in absence of person under 17.#
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168Power of court, in respect of certain offences against a child, to refer child to Principal Reporter.#
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Procedure at trial of persons suffering from mental disorder
174Insanity in bar of trial or as the ground of acquittal.#
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174ZBExamination of facts: supplementary provisions.#
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174ZCDisposal of case where accused found to be insane.#
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174ZDAppeal by accused in case involving insanity.#
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174ZEAppeal by Lord Advocate in case involving insanity.#
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175Power of court to order hospital admission or guardianship.#
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176Requirements as to medical evidence.#
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Sittings of High Court
114ATransfer of sheriff court solemn proceedings.#
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The Indictment
42Resignation, death or demission of office of Lord Advocate.#
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45Case of two or more persons charged.#
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46“Guilty, actor or art and part” unnecessary.#
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48ACommon law and statutory offences in same indictment.#
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48BDescription of offence in words of statute or order.#
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49Quotation of statutes unnecessary.#
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51Latitude as to quantities, persons, things or modes.#
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52Description of buildings, goods, money or other property.#
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53Description of persons, goods, etc.#
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54“Money” to include coin, bank notes and post office orders.#
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55Setting forth documents unnecessary.#
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57Indictments, etc., written or printed or partly so.#
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58Authentication of alterations to indictment, etc.#
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60Robbery, etc. to include reset, and theft to include breach of trust, etc.#
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60AProceedings under the Merchant Shipping Acts.#
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61Procedure where more than one crime charged.#
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64Statutory offences which are offences at common law.#
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65Superfluous particulars as to identity.#
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Part II · Summary Procedure
Conviction and Sentence
Admonition and discharge
Miscellaneous provisions as to conviction, sentence, etc.
427Conviction of part only of charge.#
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428Art and part guilt of statutory offence.#
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431Consideration of time spent in custody.#
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434Further provision as to sentence.#
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436ADisqualification in Scotland where vehicle used to commit offence.#
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437Warrant of search for forfeited articles.#
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438Register of children found guilty of offences.#
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439AAmendment of records of conviction and sentence in summary proceedings.#
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Fines
397Application for further time for payment of fine.#
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398Restriction on imprisonment after fine or caution.#
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400Supervision pending payment of fine.#
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401Supplementary provisions as to payment of fine.#
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402Fines, etc., may be enforced in other district.#
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404Action of clerk of court on transfer of fine orders.#
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406Substitution of custody for imprisonment where a child defaults on fine.#
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407Period of imprisonment for non-payment of fine.#
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408Discharge from imprisonment to be specified.#
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409Payment of fine in part by prisoner.#
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Miscellaneous
Penalties for Statutory Offences
Supervised attendance orders
Probation
385Probation orders requiring treatment for mental condition.#
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386Discharge and amendment of probation orders.#
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387Failure to comply with requirement of probation order.#
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389Probation orders relating to persons residing in England.#
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in the period not exceeding 12 months which begins on the date the child died and throughout which he was entitled to a relevant benefit; or
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Adjournment and remand
380Power of court to adjourn case before sentence.#
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Review
442AMethod of appeal against conviction or conviction and sentence.#
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442BMethod of appeal against sentence alone.#
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442ZALeave to appeal against conviction etc.#
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443Appeals against hospital orders, etc.#
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443ASuspension of disqualification, forfeiture, etc.#
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446Procedure where appellant in custody.#
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447Draft stated case to be prepared.#
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448Adjustment and signature of case.#
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451AQuorum of High Court in relation to appeals.#
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452BSupplementary provisions where High Court authorises new prosecution.#
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453Prosecutor’s consent to or application for setting aside of conviction.#
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453AAppeal by bill of suspension or advocation on ground of miscarriage of justice.#
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453AALeave to appeal against sentence.#
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453CDisposal of appeal by note of appeal.#
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453DDisposal of appeal where appellant insane.#
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453EFailure of appellant who has been granted bail to appear personally.#
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Residential and Borstal Training
413Detention of children.#
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• “care”shall be construed in accordance with section 32(3) of the 1968 Act, and the provisions of that Act specified in section 44(5) of that Act shall apply in respect of a child who is detained in residential care in pursuance of this section as they apply in respect of a child who is subject to a supervision requirement;• “the 1968 Act” means the noteSocial Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
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(i)a parent with care cares for one child only, and
(ii)that child dies,
(6A)A credited period arising from a request to accept a transfer value under regulation 124 which is made by a person who was an active member before 1st April 2008 shall be treated as a period of membership before that date.
(6B)A credited period arising from a request to accept a transfer value under regulation 124 which is made by a person who becomes a member after 31st March 2008 shall be treated as a period of membership after that date.
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(6C)An order under subsection (6B) above for return to residential care—
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Jurisdiction
283Application of Part II of this Act.#
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283AOffences which are to become triable only summarily.#
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285Certain crimes not to be tried in inferior courts.#
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286Remit to higher court or other jurisdiction.#
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289AAmendments relating to penalties (and mode of trial) for offences made triable only summarily.#
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289BPenalties on summary conviction for offences triable either summarily or on indictment.#
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289CIncrease of fines for certain summary offences.#
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289DPower to alter sums specified in certain provisions.#
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289EPenalties for first and subsequent convictions of summary offences to be the same.#
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289FIncrease of fines for certain summary offences.#
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289GThe standard scale: amendment of enactments.#
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289GAStatutory maximum as penalty in respect of summary conviction for offences in subordinate instruments.#
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289GBExceptionally high maximum fines.#
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289GCFines under secondary subordinate instruments–Scotland.#
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289GDFines on summary conviction for offences under subordinate instruments– conversion to references to levels on scale.#
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Interruption of proceedings
Procedure at trial involving children
361Child under 14 not to be in court during trial of another person.#
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362Power to clear court while child is giving evidence in certain cases.#
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363Power to proceed with case in absence of person under 17.#
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364Power of court, in respect of certain offences against a child, to refer child to Principal Reporter.#
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366Procedure when sheriff sits summarily in respect of offence by child.#
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367Powers of sheriff sitting summarily.#
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368Presumption and determination of age of child.#
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370Child charged jointly with person who is not a child.#
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372Reference and remit of children’s cases by courts to children’s hearings.#
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Procedure at Trial of Persons suffering from Mental Disorder
375ZBExamination of facts: supplementary provisions.#
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375ZCDisposal of case where accused found to be insane.#
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375ZDAppeal by accused in case involving insanity.#
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375ZEAppeal by prosecutor in case involving insanity.#
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376Power of court to order hospital admission or guardianship.#
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377Requirements as to medical evidence.#
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Procedure prior to trial
237Warrants granted by justice may be executed throughout Scotland.#
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294Power of constable to take offenders into custody.#
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295Interim liberation by officer in charge of police station.#
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296Police liberation or detention of children arrested.#
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297Committal of children to custody in place of safety.#
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299Application for review of court’s decision on bail and caution.#
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299AApplication by prosecutor for review of court’s decision to grant bail.#
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304Power to order parents to give security for child’s good behaviour.#
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305Right of accused to have access to solicitor.#
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306Separation of children from adults at courts, etc.#
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307Attendance at court of parent of child charged with an offence, etc.#
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308Notice to local authority of charge against a child.#
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310AAbolition of private summary prosecutions.#
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321Warrants of apprehension and search.#
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322Warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.#
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323Warrant to search for or remove a child.#
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327Sheriff’s warrant may be executed out of district.#
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329Remand and committal of persons under 21.#
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330Power of court to commit to hospital a person suffering from mental disorder.#
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331BDeath, illness or absence of judge.#
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341Witnesses not to be excluded by reason of conviction, interest, etc.#
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342Witnesses admissible notwithstanding relationship to parties.#
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342APower to permit witness to be in court during trial.#
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343Presence in court not to disqualify witnesses in certain cases.#
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344Punishment of witness for contempt.#
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346Accused and spouse competent witnesses for defence.#
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346AEvidence in relation to sexual offences.#
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346ZAEvidence of criminal record and character of accused.#
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349Witness may be examined etc., as to having previously made a different statement.#
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352Record of proceedings at examination to be received in evidence without being sworn to by witnesses.#
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357Laying of previous convictions before court.#
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Part III · General
457AMode of trial of certain offences.#
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458Construction of enactments referring to sentence of detention.#
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459Construction of enactments referring to detention.#
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460Transitional provisions and savings.#
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461Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations.#
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462Interpretation.#
(1)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them—• “appropriate court” means a court named as such in pursuance of section 183(2) or 384(2) of this Act or of Schedule 5 to this Act in a probation order or in an amendment of any such order made on a change of residence of a probationer; • “bail” means release of an accused or an appellant on conditions, or conditions imposed on bail, as the context requires;• “Borstal training” and “detention centre” have the like meanings as in the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989;• “charged” means, in respect of proceedings under Part I of this Act, charged on petition or indictment and, in respect of proceedings under Part II of this Act, charged on complaint;• “chartered psychologist” means a person for the time being listed in the British Psychological Society’s Register of Chartered Psychologists;• “child”, except in sections 18, 62, 171(3), 294, 313 and 368(3) of this Act and Schedule 1 to this Act, has the meaning assigned to that expression for the purposes of Chapters 2 and 3 of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;• “children’s hearing” has the meaning assigned to it in Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;• “Clerk of Justiciary” shall include assistant clerk of justiciary and shall extend and apply to any person duly authorised to execute the duties of Clerk of Justiciary or assistant clerk of justiciary;• “commit for trial” means commit until liberation in due course of law;• “complaint” includes a copy of the complaint laid before the court;• “convicted” (except in relation to previous convictions), in respect of proceedings under Part I of this Act, means convicted on indictment, and, in respect of proceedings under Part II of this Act, means summarily convicted; and “conviction” shall be construed accordingly;• “the court”, in relation to solemn procedure, means a court of solemn criminal jurisdiction and includes the High Court and the sheriff court and, in relation to summary procedure, means a court of summary criminal jurisdiction;• “court of summary jurisdiction” means a court of summary criminal jurisdiction;• “court of summary criminal jurisdiction” shall include the sheriff court and district court;• “crime” means all crime at common law, as well as all crime under any existing or future Acts of Parliament, and includes high crime and offence, felony, crime and offence, offence and misdemeanour, and includes attempt; • “diet” includes any continuation of a diet;• “enactment” includes an enactment contained in a local Act and any order, regulation or other instrument having effect by virtue of an Act;• “England” includes Wales;• “examination of facts” means an examination of facts held under section 174ZA or 375ZA of this Act;• “existing” means existing immediately before the commencement of this Act;• “extract conviction” and “extract of previous conviction” include certified copy conviction, certificate of conviction, and any other document under the hand of the proper officer in use to be issued from any court of justice of the United Kingdom as evidence of a conviction;• “fine” includes (a) any pecuniary penalty (but not a pecuniary forfeiture or pecuniary compensation), and (b) an instalment of a fine;• “governor” means, in relation to a contracted out prison within the meaning of section 106(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, the director of the prison;• “guardian”, in relation to a child, includes any person who, in the opinion of the court having cognizance of any case in relation to the child or in which the child is concerned, has for the time being the charge of or control over the child;• “guardianship order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 175(5) or 376(8) of this Act;• “High Court” and “Court of Justiciary” shall mean “High Court of Justiciary” and shall include any court held by the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, or any of them;• “indictment” shall include any indictment whether in the sheriff court or the High Court framed in the form set out in Schedule A to the noteCriminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887 or in an Act of Adjournal under this Act or as nearly as may be in such form;• “hospital” means—
(a)
(b)
(c)where—
in the period not exceeding 12 months which begins on the date the child died and throughout which he was entitled to a relevant benefit; or
• “hospital order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 175(3) or 376(6) of this Act;• “impose detention” or “impose imprisonment” means pass a sentence of detention or imprisonment, as the case may be, or make an order for committal in default of payment of any sum of money or for contempt of court;• “judge”, in relation to solemn procedure, means a judge of a court of solemn criminal jurisdiction and, in relation to summary procedure, means any sheriff or any judge of a district court;• “justice” includes the sheriff and any stipendiary magistrate or justice of the peace;• “justice of the peace” means any of Her Majesty’s justices of the peace for any commission area in Scotland acting within such commission area;• “legalised police cells” has the like meaning as in the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989;• “local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(2) of the noteSocial Work (Scotland) Act 1968;• “Lord Commissioner of Justiciary” shall include Lord Justice General and Lord Justice Clerk;• “medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the noteMedical Act 1956;• “offence” means any act, attempt or omission punishable by law; • “officer of law” includes, in relation to the service and execution of any warrant, citation, petition, indictment, complaint, list of witnesses, order, notice, or other proceeding or document—(i) any macer, messenger-at-arms, sheriff officer or other person having authority to execute a warrant of the court;(ii) any constable within the meaning of the notePolice (Scotland) Act 1967;(iia) any person who is employed under section 9 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 for the assistance of the constables of a police force and who is authorised by the chief constable of that police force in relation to service and execution as mentioned above;(iii) where the person upon whom service or execution is effected is in prison at the time of service on him, any prison officer; and(iv) any person (or class of persons) authorised in that regard for the time being by the Lord Advocate or by the Secretary of State;• “officer of police” includes a chief constable, deputy chief constable, constable and criminal officer;• “order” means any order, byelaw, rule or regulation having statutory authority;• . . . note• “patient” means a person suffering or appearing to be suffering from mental disorder;• “place of safety”, in relation to a person not being a child, means any police station, prison or remand centre, or any hospital the board of management of which are willing temporarily to receive him, and in relation to a child means a place of safety within the meaning of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;• “prison” does not include a naval, military or air force prison;• “prison officer” and “officer of a prison” means, in relation to a contracted out prison within the meaning of section 106(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, a prisoner custody officer within the meaning of section 114(1) of that Act;• “probationer” means a person who is under supervision by virtue of a probation order or who was under such supervision at the time of the commission of any relevant offence or failure to comply with such order;• “probation order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 183 or 384 of this Act;• “probation period” means the period for which a probationer is placed under supervision by a probation order;• “procurator fiscal” shall mean sheriff’s procurator fiscal, and shall include assistant procurator fiscal and procurator fiscal depute and shall extend and apply to any person duly authorised to execute the duties of such procurator fiscal;• “prosecutor”, in Part I of this Act, includes Crown counsel, procurator fiscal, any other person prosecuting in the public interest and any private prosecutor; and, in Part II of this Act, includes procurator fiscal, district prosecutor, depute district prosecutor, assistant district prosecutor, and any other person prosecuting in the public interest, note. . .and complainer and any person duly authorised to represent or act for any public prosecutor;• “remand” means an order adjourning the proceedings or continuing the case and giving direction as to detention in custody or liberation during the period of adjournment or continuation and references to remanding a person or remanding in custody or on bail shall be construed accordingly;• “remand centre” has the like meaning as in the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989;• “reporter” means an officer appointed by a local authority under section 36 of the noteSocial Work (Scotland) Act 1968;• “residential establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of that expression for the purposes of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or, as the case may be, of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;• “responsible medical officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 59 of the noteMental Health (Scotland) Act 1984; • “restriction order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 178 or 379 of this Act;• “sentence”, whether of detention or of imprisonment, means a sentence passed in respect of a crime or offence and does not include an order for committal in default of payment of any sum of money or for contempt of court.• “sheriff” shall include sheriff principal;• “sheriff clerk” shall include sheriff clerk depute, and shall extend and apply to any person duly authorised to execute the duties of sheriff clerk;• “sheriff court district” shall extend to the limits within which the sheriff has jurisdiction in criminal matters whether by statute or at common law;• “State hospital” has the meaning assigned to it in Part VIII of the noteMental Health (Scotland) Act 1984;• “statute” shall mean any Act of Parliament, public general, local, or private, and any Provisional Order confirmed by Act of Parliament;• “supervision requirement” has the meaning assigned to it in Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;• “training school order” has the same meaning as in the noteSocial Work (Scotland) Act 1968;• “witness” includes haver.
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(8)
(9)Where a person making a surrender under regulation D14—
references in paragraph (8) to the retirement pension are references to the retirement pension which would become payable if he were to cease to hold his employment on the day on which the surrender takes effect.
(10)Where this regulation applies it overrides any provision in these regulations or the 2002 Regulations or the Transitional Regulations to the extent to which it conflicts with it, except—
(11)
463Extent.#
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in the period not exceeding 12 months which begins on the date the child died and throughout which he was entitled to a relevant benefit; or
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(i)a parent with care cares for one child only, and
(ii)that child dies,
(iii)a child accepted by the deceased as a member of the family.
(iv)of LGPS employers;
(v)incapacity benefit under section 30A;
(vi)carer’s allowance under section 70;
(vii)maternity allowance under section 35or 35B;
(viii)severe disablement allowance under section 68;
(e)in a case where the qualifying benefit which ceased—
(i)a parent with care cares for one child only, and
(ii)that child dies,
(iii)a child accepted by the deceased as a member of the family.
(iv)of LGPS employers;
(v)incapacity benefit under section 30A;
(vi)carer’s allowance under section 70;
at the time the work condition is satisfied; and
(1A)Where regulation 28(7) of the Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (linking provisions) applies, the effective date of the maintenance calculation shall be the date which would have been the beginning of the first maintenance period in respect of the conversion decision on or after what, but for this paragraph, would have been the relevant effective date provided for in regulation 24(2) to (4).
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(c)where—
in the period not exceeding 12 months which begins on the date the child died and throughout which he was entitled to a relevant benefit; or
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Schedule 3 · Composition of Juries
Exemptions
(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jury of Men only, or of Women only
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(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selection of Jurors from the Panel
(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Summoning of Jurors.—Citation
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Summoning of Jurors.—Lists of Assize
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Schedule 5 · Discharge and Amendment of Probation Orders
Amendment
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discharge
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General
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Schedule 5A · Supervision and Treatment Orders
Part I · Preliminary
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Part II · Making and Effect of Orders
Circumstances in which orders may be made
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making of orders and general requirements
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Obligatory requirements as to medical treatment
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Optional requirements as to residence
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Part III · Revocation and Amendment of Orders
Supplemental
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(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of order by reason of change of residence
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Amendment of requirements in pursuance of medical report
(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of requirements of order
(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revocation of order in interests of health or welfare
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Schedule 6 · Fines on Indictment—Payment by Instalments
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(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Schedule 7B · Alteration of Penalties on Summary Conviction of Certain Offences
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Schedule 9 · Amendment of Other Enactments
The Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (1937 c. 37.)
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(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (1949 c. 94.)
(14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(17). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963 (1963 c. 39)
(31). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(36). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(37). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(38). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(39). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(40). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(41). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Criminal Law (Scotland) Act 1830 (1830 c. 37)
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (1974 c. 37)
(51). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825 (1825 c. 22)
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Law Officers Act 1944 (1944 c. 25.)
(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Criminal Justice Act 1961 (1961 c. 39.)
(30)In section 32(2), after paragraph (h) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“i sections 214 and 423 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.”
The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (1969 c. 54)
(45)
(46)
The Immigration Act 1971 (1971 c. 77)
(47)
The Criminal Justice Act 1972 (1972 c. 71)
(48)In section 24, for subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection—“4 References in this section to facilitating the commission of an offence include references to the taking of any steps after it has been committed for the purpose of disposing of any property to which it relates or of avoiding apprehension or detection.”
(49)
The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (1973 c. 62)
(50)
(a)
(b)
(c)in subsection (4), for the words from “Criminal” to “and 6” there shall be substituted the words “Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, except sections 186(2)(b), 187, 387(2)(b) and 388”, and for the words “section 2” there shall be substituted the words “section 183 or 384”;
(d)in subsections (5) and (6), for the words from “Criminal” to “1949” there shall be substituted the words “Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975”; and
(e)
Schedule 10 · Repeals and Revocations
Part I · Enactments Repealed
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