2000 No. 65
Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2000
Made
Coming into force
The Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk and Lords Commissioners of Justiciary under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 305 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 19951, paragraph 37 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 19982, paragraph 38 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 19983 and paragraph 36 of Schedule 8 to the Government of Wales Act 19984 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:
Citation and Commencement1
1
This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment)(Miscellaneous) 2000 and shall come into force on 7th April 2000.
2
This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.
Amendment of supervised release order Form2
1
Form 20.3 (Form of supervised release order under section 209 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) prescribed in the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 19965 is amended as follows.
2
In the heading, after “Date of Birth:” there is inserted–
Offence(s) of which convicted:
Date of offence(s):
3
In the first paragraph, “not less than twelve months but” is repealed.
4
For “Secretary of State” in both places there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”.
Devolution issues3
1
In each of rules 40.2, 40.3 and 40.4 (raising devolution issues) there is inserted (as paragraph (3a), paragraph (5) and paragraph (5) respectively)–
Where a relevant authority does not become a party to the proceedings at first instance the court may allow him to become a party to any subsequent appeal or reference to a higher court.
(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)