Scottish Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 288 (C. 14)
CRIMINAL LAW
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003
Made 5th June 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 89(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, hereby make the following Order:
2003 asp 7.

Citation and interpretation
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.

Commencement
2. The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and whose subject matter is specified in column 2 of that Schedule shall, in so far as they are not in force, come into force on 27th June 2003, but, where a particular purpose is also specified in relation to a provision in column 1, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.
CATHY JAMIESON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
5th June 2003

SCHEDULE The provisions of the Act which come into force on 27th June 2003
Article 2
Column 1	Column 2
Provision of the Act	Subject matter
Section 2(b)	Disposal in case of insanity
Section 3	The Risk Management Authority
Sections 19, 20 and 22	Sexual offences etc
Sections 23, 24 and 25	Custody and temporary detention
Sections 27, 28, 29, 31, and 33 to 38	Release of prisoners
Section 39	Special provision as regards certain life prisoners
Section 42	Drugs courts
Sections 43 to 50	Non-custodial punishments
Sections 52 and 53	Children
Sections 54 to 57	Evidential matters
Sections 58 and 59	Jurisdictional matters
Sections 61 to 67	Procedural matters
Sections 68 and 69	Bribery and corruption
Section 70(1), (3), (4) and (7)	Registration for criminal records purposes
Sections 71 and 72	Local authority functions
Sections 73, 74, 76 and 78 to 82	Miscellaneous
Section 85 but only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of schedule 4 specified below	Minor and consequential amendments
Section 86	Repeals
Schedule 2	Constitution etc of the Risk Management Authority
Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 2, 3(1) and (3) and 5	Minor and consequential amendments
Schedule 5	Repeals

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 27th June 2003 the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 specified in the Schedule to the Order. The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/287) sets out separate transitional and savings provisions in relation to the commencement of sections 27, 28, 38 and 54 of that Act.
Sections 77, 84, 87 to 89 and schedule 3 were commenced on Royal Assent on 26th March 2003. Section 86 and schedule 5 were also commenced on Royal Assent in so far as relating to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.