The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Incidental Provisions) Order 2012

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Incidental Provisions) Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order—

“the 2005 Act” means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005(1);

“the Act” means the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.

Amendment of section 179 of the Act

2.  In section 179(3) of the Act, for subsection (7) (which is inserted into section 20 of the 2005 Act) substitute—

(7) In subsection (6), “disabled person” is to be interpreted in accordance with section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 (c.15).

KENNY MACASKILL

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th November 2012