The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 282

Criminal Law

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Made

24th August 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

26th August 2021

Coming into force

25th October 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 87(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 M1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Marginal Citations

M1 2003 c.42. The functions of the Secretary of State were, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 142(6) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) and section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Section 87(1) of the 2003 Act was amended by S.S.I. 2013/119.

Citation and commencement S

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 25 October 2021.

Amendment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 S

2.—(1) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 M2 are amended as follows.

(2) In schedule 1 (list of police stations in Scotland), for the entry relating to Alloa Police Station, substitute—

“Alloa Police Station Kilncraigs Building Greenside Street Alloa FK10 1EB”.

Marginal Citations

M2 S.S.I. 2017/285, as amended by S.S.I. 2021/220.

ASH DENHAM

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

24th August 2021

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend schedule 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (“the principal Regulations”).

By virtue of section 87(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, relevant offenders must fulfil their notification requirements under that Act by attending any police station which is prescribed for this purpose in regulations. The principal Regulations prescribe those police stations. These Regulations amend the principal Regulations by substituting the address for Alloa Police Station.