Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13)

SCHEDULE 4 S CONVICTIONS BY COURTS IN OTHER EU MEMBER STATES: MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS

PART 1 S THE 1995 ACT

The 1995 Act S

3 S In section 27 (breach of bail conditions: offences), after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) The reference in subsection (3)(b) to any previous conviction of an offence under subsection (1)(b) includes any previous conviction by a court in England and Wales, Northern Ireland or a member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom of an offence that is equivalent to an offence under subsection (1)(b).

(3B) The references in subsection (3)(c) to subsection (3) are to be read, in relation to a previous conviction by a court referred to in subsection (3A), as references to any provision that is equivalent to subsection (3).

(3C) Any issue of equivalence arising in pursuance of subsection (3A) or (3B) is for the court to determine.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 13.12.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch. (with Sch.)