Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

2 S In section 227ZM of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995—

(a) in subsection (1), for “the Scottish Ministers” substitute “ Community Justice Scotland ”,

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) for “The Scottish Ministers” substitute “ Community Justice Scotland ”,

(ii) for “as soon as practicable after the end of” substitute “ in relation to ”,

(c) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) A report under subsection (3) must be laid before the Parliament, and published, together with, or as part of, the corresponding report under section 27 of the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.

(3B) The reference in subsection (3A) to the corresponding report under section 27 of the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 is, in relation to a report under subsection (3) for a particular reporting year, a reference to the report under that section which requires to be published as soon as reasonably practicable after that 31 March.”,

(d) for subsection (4), substitute—

“(4) In this section, “reporting year” means a year ending with 31 March.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.4.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/33, reg. 2(3)