Interpretation
12.In these Notes, the following abbreviations are used—
“the 1995 Act”, which refers to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995,(2)
“the 2010 Act”, which refers to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010,(3)
“the 2011 Act”, which refers to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011,(4)
“CSO”, which refers to a compulsory supervision order,
“ICSO”, which refers to an interim compulsory supervision order.
13.The Act’s freestanding text (that is, any provision which is not a textual amendment of another piece of legislation) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 36 of the Act and the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. Among other things, the latter provides default definitions for certain expressions and sets out default rules for common situations.
14.Text that the Act inserts into other enactments is to be interpreted in accordance with the interpretation legislation that applies to that enactment. For example—
text inserted into the 1995 Act, or the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, is to be interpreted in accordance with the Interpretation Act 1978,(5)
text inserted into the 2010 Act is to be interpreted in accordance with the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999,(6)
text inserted into the 2011 Act, or the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, is to be interpreted in accordance with the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
