48U.K.In each of sections 171 and 368 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (which make provision as to the presumption and determination of the ages of children) in subsection (3) for the words “and (d)" there shall be substituted the words “(d) and (e)".
49U.K.In section 289G of that Act (which creates the standard scale and amends certain enactments accordingly) in subsection (13) (inserted by section 66 of the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987)—
(a)after the word “is" there shall be inserted “(a)";
(b)for the words from “1987" there shall be substituted—
“(b)under any instrument (however framed or worded) made by virtue of such an enactment,
a power to provide by subordinate instrument that a person, as regards any summary offence (whether or not created by the instrument) shall be liable on conviction to a fine, a person may be so made liable to a fine not exceeding a specified level on the standard scale. ”.
Marginal Citations
50U.K.In Schedule 1 to that Act (which lists offences against children under the age of 17 years to which special provisions apply) after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(aa)any offence under section 80(7) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (commission of a homosexual act in certain circumstances).”
51U.K.In the said Schedule 1 after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(e)any offence involving the use of lewd, indecent or libidinous practice or behaviour towards a child under the age of 17 years.”