The Victim Statements (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Revocation Order 2005

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 612

CRIMINAL LAW

The Victim Statements (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Revocation Order 2005

Made

29th November 2005

Coming into force

30th November 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 88(2) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Victim Statements (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Revocation Order 2005 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revocation

2.  The Victim Statements (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2003(2) is hereby revoked.

HUGH HENRY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

29th November 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Victim Statements (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2003 which prescribed the sheriff courts of Ayr, Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, and the High Court sitting at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, for the purposes of section 14(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.