SCHEDULES

F2SCHEDULE 6 Minor and Consequential Amendments

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Amendments (Textual)
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Act repealed (S.)(1.4.1996, except ss. 20(3)(5), 66) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 6, 7(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 16(3), 17, Sch. 5; the repeal having effect in relation to s. 20(3)(5) on 1.4.1997 by virtue of 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 6, Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 17, Sch. 5; 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 60; S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7) and in relation to s. 66 on 1.8.1997 by virtue of 1997 c. 48, s. 62(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 16, Sch. 3; S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch.

F1Part I Amendments Relating to Part I

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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Act repealed (S.)(1.4.1996, except ss. 20(3)(5), 66) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 6, 7(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 16(3), 17, Sch. 5; the repeal having effect in relation to s. 20(3)(5) on 1.4.1997 by virtue of 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 6, Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 17, Sch. 5; 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 60; S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7) and in relation to s. 66 on 1.8.1997 by virtue of 1997 c. 48, s. 62(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 16, Sch. 3; S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch.

The Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 49)

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The Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978 shall be amended as follows.

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In section 2 (offender to be provided with copy order)—

a

in subsection (3)(a), after the word “give” there shall be inserted “ , or send by registered post or the recorded delivery service, ”; and

b

after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

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Where a copy of a community service order has, under subsection (3)(a) above, been sent by registered post or by the recorded delivery service, an acknowledgement or certificate of delivery of a letter containing the copy order issued by the Post Office shall be sufficient evidence of the delivery of the letter on the day specified in such acknowledgement or certificate.

162

In section 4(1) (failure to comply with requirements of community service orders), for the words “evidence on oath” there shall be substituted “ information ”.