C2C3C1PART 2 SEARCH BY POLICE
Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 2004 c. 20, s. 56A (as inserted (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 2 para. 3 (with art. 6))
Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 1987 c. 4, s. 2D (as inserted (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with art. 6))
C2C3C1CHAPTER 1 SEARCH OF PERSON NOT IN POLICE CUSTODY
Miscellaneous and definitions
70Provisions about possession of alcohol
1
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend section 61 (confiscation of alcohol from persons under 18) of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 so as to confer on a constable a power, exercisable in addition to the power in subsection (1) or (2) of that section—
a
to search a person for alcoholic liquor,
b
to dispose of anything found in the person's possession that the constable believes to be such liquor.
2
Prior to laying before the Scottish Parliament a draft of an instrument containing regulations under this section, the Scottish Ministers must—
a
consult publicly on the regulations that they are proposing to make,
b
send a copy of the proposed regulations to—
i
the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland,
F1ia
the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force,
ib
the chief constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary,
ic
the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police,
ii
the Scottish Human Rights Commission,
iii
the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland, and
iv
such other persons as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
3
When laying before the Scottish Parliament a draft of an instrument containing regulations under this section, the Scottish Ministers must also so lay a statement—
a
giving reasons for wishing to make the regulations as currently framed (and confirming whether the regulations will amend the relevant enactment in the same way as shown in the proposed regulations),
b
summarising—
i
the responses received by them to the public consultation on the proposed regulations,
ii
the representations made to them by the persons to whom a copy of the proposed regulations was sent.
4
Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure.
Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 20, s. 31A (as inserted (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with art. 6))