Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

1. Introduction

2. The Act

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1: Meaning of community justice

   2. Section 2: Interpretation of section 1

   3. Section 3: Establishment

   4. Section 4: Functions

   5. Section 5: General powers

   6. Section 6: Provision of information, advice or assistance

   7. Section 7: Funding

   8. Section 8: Directions and guidance

   9. Section 9: Governance and accountability

   10. Section 10: Corporate plan

   11. Section 11: Annual reports on exercise of functions

   12. Section 12: Accounts

   13. Section 13: Community justice partners

   14. Section 14: Third sector bodies involved in community justice

   15. Section 15: National strategy in relation to community justice

   16. Section 16: Review of national strategy

   17. Section 17: National performance framework in relation to community justice

   18. Section 18: Review of national performance framework

   19. Section 19: Community justice outcomes improvement plan

   20. Section 20: Preparation of community justice outcomes improvement plan

   21. Section 21: Community justice outcomes improvement plan: participation statement

   22. Section 22: Review of community justice outcomes improvement plan

   23. Section 23: Reports on performance in relation to community justice outcomes

   24. Section 24: Guidance in relation to community justice outcomes improvement planning

   25. Section 25: Duty to have regard to community justice outcomes improvement plan

   26. Section 26: Monitoring of performance in relation to community justice outcomes

   27. Section 27: Annual report on performance in relation to community justice outcomes

   28. Section 28: Performance improvement activity

   29. Section 29: Local improvement recommendations

   30. Section 30: National improvement recommendations

   31. Section 31: Ability of Community Justice Scotland to develop and arrange services

   32. Section 32: Strategy for innovation, learning and development

   33. Section 33: Review of strategy for innovation, learning and development

   34. Section 34: Innovation, learning and development activity

   35. Section 35: Duty of co-operation

   36. Section 36: Abolition of community justice authorities

   37. Section 37: Interpretation

   38. Section 38: Consequential and minor modifications

   39. Section 39: Regulations

   40. Section 40: Ancillary provision

   41. Section 41: Commencement

   42. Schedule 1

       1. Paragraph 3: Membership

       2. Paragraph 4: Tenure etc.

       3. Paragraph 6: Power to end membership

       4. Paragraph 7: Remuneration and allowances of members

       5. Paragraph 8: Chief executive and other staff

       6. Paragraph 9: Pensions, allowances and gratuities

       7. Paragraph 10: Procedure

       8. Paragraph 11: Committees

       9. Paragraph 12: Validity of things done

       10. Paragraph 13: Authority to exercise functions

       11. Paragraph 14: Legislation relating to public bodies

   43. Schedule 2 – Part 1

       1. Paragraph 1

       2. Paragraph 2

       3. Paragraph 3

       4. Paragraph 4

       5. Paragraph 5

   44. Schedule 2 – Part 2

4. Parliamentary History