This Order brings into force, on 1st July 2015, section 4 of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”) (article 2(1)). This Order also brings into force, on 1st September 2015, the following sections of the Act: sections 7 and 10 to 22 (article 2(2)).

Articles 3 to 5 of the Order make transitional provision in relation to sections 7, 10 to 14, 16 to 18, 20 and 22 of the 2014 Act.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 17th January 2014. The following sections of the Act came into force on the following day: sections 30 (in part), 31 (in part), 32, 33, 34 and 35.