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The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2010

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2010-09-22

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 22nd September 2010

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 206(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010[^f00001].

Citation

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This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2010.

Commencement

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Sections 38 and 97 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 come into force on 6th October 2010.

Signed

KENNY MACASKILL — A member of the Scottish Executive — 22nd September 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent on 6th August 2010. Sections 201, 202, 204, 205 and 206 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent.

Article 2 of this Order brings into force sections 38 and 97 of the Act.

Section 38 of the Act amends the law to provide that it is an offence for a person to behave in a threatening or abusive manner where the person does so in the circumstances specified in that section. Section 38 comes into force on 6th October 2010.

Section 97 of the Act amends the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000[^f00002] (“the 2000 Act”) to provide Audit Scotland with the statutory power to match data for one or more of the purposes specified in section 26A(3) of the 2000 Act. That section of the 2000 Act was inserted by section 97(3) of the Act. Section 97 comes into force on 6th October 2010.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2010 asp 13.

[^f00002]: 2000 asp 1.

[^f00003]: 1982 c.45.

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