Savings relating to disclosure of convictions
5. The provisions of section 12 of the 2007 Act which are commenced by this Order (being the provisions which insert section 166A into the 1995 Act)(1) shall only apply where the offence which the court is deciding the disposal of was committed on or after 10th March 2008.
Section 12(1) was commenced on 10th December 2007 by the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/479) (as amended by the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Amendment Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/527)). This section amended section 166 (previous convictions: summary proceedings) of the 1995 Act. Section 12(2) of the 2007 Act was commenced on the 10th December 2007 by the same Order in so far as it inserted section 166B (charges which disclose convictions) into the 1995 Act.