http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/332/article/2/madeThe Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2006LegislationKing's Printer for Scotland2017-01-23CRIMINAL LAW This Order brings into force on 19th June 2006 section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003. 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Act is 19th June 2006 but subject to paragraph (2), only for the purposes of sentences imposed for offences committed on or after 20th June 2006. 2 In respect of sentences imposed for offences for which life imprisonment was the maximum sentence which could be imposed at the time the offence was committed, the provisions of section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Act shall come into force only for the purposes of sentences imposed in cases which are commenced on or after 20th June 2006. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, cases are taken to have commenced when a report of the case has been received by the procurator fiscal.