Scottish Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 206
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY
SHERIFF COURT
DISTRICT COURTS
Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (Sexual Offences Act 2003) 2004
Made
30th April 2004
Coming into force
1st May 2004
The Lord Justice General, the Lord Justice Clerk and the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 305 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (Sexual Offences Act 2003) 2004 and shall come into force on 1st May 2004.
(2) This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.
Amendment of the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996
2.—(1) The Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996(2) shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.
(2) For rule 20.3A (sexual offences to which Part 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 applies) there shall be substituted the following:–
“Sexual offences to which Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 applies
20.3A.—(1) A certificate under section 92(2) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(3) (certificate that an accused has been convicted of, found not guilty by reason of insanity of, or found to be under a disability and to have done the act charged against him in respect of, an offence listed in Schedule 3 to that Act) shall be in Form 20.3A A.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), when a certificate such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) is prepared, the accused shall be given a copy of it by the clerk of the court, together with a notice in Form 20.3A B.
(3) If the certificate is not prepared immediately after the statement in open court but is to be prepared subsequently, the clerk of the court shall forthwith give the accused the notice required by paragraph (2) and shall in due course send a copy of the certificate to the accused.
(4) The clerk of the court shall retain a copy of the notice given to the accused and shall record on that copy the fact that notice has been so given.
(5) The record made under paragraph (4) shall be sufficient evidence of the fact recorded; and a certificate of posting sufficient evidence of the sending of a copy under paragraph (3).”.
(3) After Chapter 45 (Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Act 2002) there shall be inserted the following:–
“CHAPTER 46PARENTAL DIRECTIONS UNDER THE SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003
Young offenders: parental directions
46.1. Where a court makes a direction under section 89(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (young offenders: parental directions) in respect of an individual having parental responsibilities in relation to a young offender, the clerk of the court shall—
(a)intimate the making of the direction; and
(b)deliver or send by post a copy of the notice in Form 20.3A-B (notice of requirement to notify police under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003),
to that individual and to the chief constable of the police force within the area of which the young offender resides.
Applications to vary, renew or discharge parental directions
46.2. An application under section 90(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (parental directions: variations, renewals and discharges) shall be made by petition in Form 46.2.”.
(4) In the appendix–
(a)for Form 20.3A-A and Form 20.3A-B respectively, there shall be substituted the forms set out in Schedule 1 to this Act of Adjournal;
(b)at the end there shall be inserted the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Act of Adjournal.
Cullen of Whitekirk
Lord Justice General I.P.D.
Edinburgh
30th April 2004
Rule 20.3A(1)
SCHEDULE 1
FORM 20.3A-AForm of certificate under section 92(2) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 of conviction or of findingCERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 92(2) OF THE SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 OF CONVICTION [or FINDING]
Rule 20.3A(2)
FORM 20.3A-BForm of notice of requirement to notify police under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Rule 46.2
SCHEDULE 2
FORM 46.2Form of petition under section 90(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)
This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/513) (“the 1996 Rules”).
Paragraph 2(2) substitutes rule 20.3A of the 1996 Rules with a new rule to take account of new provisions regarding certification of sexual offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”).
Paragraph 2(3) inserts a new rule 46.1 to provide for the intimation of a parental direction under section 89(1) of the 2003 Act to the individual affected and to the chief constable of police for the area in which the young offender resides. It also inserts a new rule 46.2 setting out the procedure for applications under section 90(1) of the 2003 Act for the renewal, discharge or variation of a parental direction.
Paragraph 2(4) substitutes two existing forms in the appendix to the 1996 Rules and inserts an entirely new form.
Schedule 1 sets out the two substitute forms. The first form is a certificate under the 2003 Act of a conviction or finding. The second form is a notice of the notification requirements under Part 2 of the 2003 Act.
Schedule 2 sets out a form of petition by which to apply for the renewal, discharge or variation of a parental direction.