Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 3) (Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission) 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)

This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996.

It amends the rules dealing with references by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in consequence of amendments of the relevant statutory provisions effected by section 83 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. That section was brought into force by the Scottish Ministers on 5 November 2010 by a commencement order made the previous day.