Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 6th February 2008.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland and, in so far as regulations 3 to 8 extend beyond Scotland, they do so only as a matter of Scots law.
(3) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(1).
S.S.I. 2006/96; amended by S.S.I. 2006/521 and 2007/112. S.S.I. 2006/521 was made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 112(1)(a), 113A(1)(a), 113B(1)(a), 114(1)(a) and 116(1)(a) of the 1997 Act. All these powers were repealed by section 79(1) of the 2007 Act, commenced on 11th January 2008 by S.S.I. 2007/564.