2001 No. 166 (C. 8)

CRIMINAL LAW

The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) (Scotland) Order 2001

Made

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 20001, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and extent

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) (Scotland) Order 2001.

2

This Order extends to Scotland only.

Appointed day3

31st May 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 66 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.

JAMES R WALLACEA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, in relation to Scotland, section 66 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43). Those provisions contain amendments to the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51) (“the 1997 Act”). In particular, the amendments which are made to the 1997 Act include the reduction in the initial period during which offenders must register from 14 to 3 days; a requirement that initial notification to the police be in person; a new power for the police on initial notification to take fingerprints and photographs of the offender; provision enabling the Scottish Ministers to prescribe by Regulations those police stations at which notifications may be made; an increase in the maximum penalty for a failure to comply with the Act’s requirements to 5 years imprisonment on indictment, or a fine, or both: and a new requirement that a relevant offender must notify the police of his or her intention to leave the United Kingdom and of his or her return.

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 have been brought into force in relation to Scotland by commencement order made before the date of this Order.

Provision

Date of commencement

S.I.No.

Part II

11.01.2001

S.I.2000/3302

Schedule 7 (partially)

1.04.2001

S.I.2001/919

Schedule 8 (partially)

11.01.2001

S.I.2000/3302

Various provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 extend to England and Wales only and these provisions have been brought into force by the following Orders:

The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2000 (S.I.2000/3302);

The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/340);

The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/562); and

The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/919).