Explanatory Notes

Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Act 2018

2018 asp 3

24 January 2018

The Act

Crown application

18.Under section 8 of the Act, the Crown is not criminally liable for breach of any provision of the Act. However, any act or omission by the Crown which constitutes a contravention of a provision establishing a criminal offence could be declared unlawful by the Court of Session on an application by the Lord Advocate.