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The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1999

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This Order brings into force on 1st April 1999 all the provisions of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 that relate to the powers of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, insofar as these provisions are not already in force, namely sections 20 and 25 and related amendments and repeals in Schedules 1 and 3. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission is the body established under section 194A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) to consider claims of miscarriages of justice. Article 3 contains transitional provisions and savings in relation to references by the Secretary of State, before then, of cases to the High Court.

This Order also brings into force on 1st April 1999 paragraph 21(26) of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act which inserts a new subsection (7A) into section 209 of the 1995 Act which deals with the relevant periods for supervised release orders.

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