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The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2015

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2015-04-21

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 21st April 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 23rd April 2015

Coming into force: 7th May 2015

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

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2015 and comes into force on 7th May 2015.

Commencement of provisions: the Scottish Sentencing Council

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The following provisions of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 come into force on 7th May 2015—

(a) section 1(1);

(b) section 1(2) but only for the purpose of bringing into force the provision of Schedule 1 of the 2010 Act specified in sub-paragraph (c); and

(c) Schedule 1, paragraph 2 but only for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations prescribing the procedure by which a person may be nominated or otherwise selected as suitable for appointment, as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council.

Signed

MICHAEL MATHESON — A member of the Scottish Government — 21st April 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 2 of this Order brings into force section 1(1) and, for certain purposes, section 1(2) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Act.

Section 1(1) of the Act establishes a body corporate to be known as the “Scottish Sentencing Council”. Section 1(2) introduces Schedule 1 for the purposes of commencing paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Act.

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 is commenced for the purposes of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations regarding the procedures to be followed for a person to be nominated, or otherwise selected for appointment, as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council

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

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2010 asp 13.

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