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Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011

Parliamentary History

84.The table below sets out, for each stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for the Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that stage took place, the reference to the Official Report of those proceedings and the dates on which the Committee report and other papers relating to the Bill were published.

Proceedings and ReportsReference
Introduction
7 October 2010Bill as Introduced
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/59-DoubleJeopardy/b59s3-introd.pdf
Stage 1
(a) Justice Committee
31st Meeting,Col 3766
16 November 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/justice/or-10/ju10-3102.htm#Col3766
35th Meeting,Col 3916
7 December 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/justice/or-10/ju10-3502.htm#Col3916
36th Meeting,Col 3959
14 December 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/justice/or-10/ju10-3602.htm#Col3959
>37th Meeting,Col 3988
21 December 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/justice/or-10/ju10-3702.htm#Col3988
(b) Finance Committee
22nd Meeting,Col 2600
26 October 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/finance/or-10/fi10-2202.htm#Col2600
(c) Subordinate Legislation Committee
33rd Meeting,Col 1199
30 November 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/subleg/or-10/su10-3302.htm#Col1199
Report by Justice CommitteeReport on the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Bill
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/justice/reports-11/jur11-03.htm
(d) Consideration by the Parliament
Stage 1 debate,Col 32903
3 February 2010http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/orsearch/ReportView.aspx?r=6077&mode=html
Stage 2
Justice Committee
8th Meeting,Col 4235
1 March 2011http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/justice/or-11/ju11-0702.htm#Col4235
Bill as amended at Stage 2http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/59-DoubleJeopardy/b59as3-stage2.pdf
Stage 3
Consideration by the Parliament
Stage 3 Debate,Col 34741
22 March 2011http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/orsearch/ReportView.aspx?r=6201&mode=html
Bill passed, 22 March 2011http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/59-DoubleJeopardy/b59bs3-aspassed.pdf
Royal Assent – the Bill Received Royal Assent on 27 April 2011http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/16/contents/enacted

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