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The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2026
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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2026 No. 66 (C. 3)
PRISONS
The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2026
Made
at 11.40 a.m. on 10th February 2026
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
at 2.00 p.m. on 10th February 2026
Coming into force
11th February 2026
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 116(2) of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025(1).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2026 and come into force on 11 February 2026.
Amendment of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025
2.—(1) The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025(2) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 2(2) (appointed days), for “23 March 2026” substitute “11 February 2026”.
ANGELA CONSTANCE
A member of the Scottish Government
St. Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
At 11.40 a.m. on 10th February 2026
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025. Regulation 2 substitutes the date on which sections 55 (Parole Board rules: decisions where prisoner has information about victim’s remains) and 56 (Parole Board rules: safety and security of victims and victims’ family) come into force. Sections 55 and 56 will come into force on 11 February 2026, instead of 23 March 2026.
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