(1)In section 205 (punishment for murder) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) (in this Act, “the 1995 Act”)—
(a)in subsection (1), after “subsections (2) and (3)” there is inserted “and section 205D”; and
(b)subsections (4) to (6) are repealed.
(2)After section 205 of the 1995 Act there is inserted—
Where a person is convicted on the same indictment of more than one offence for which the court must impose or would, apart from this section, have imposed a sentence of imprisonment for life, only one such sentence shall be imposed in respect of those offences.”.