Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005

Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993(1)

50.—(1) In sections 12(2)(a) (conditions in licence), 14(4)(c) (supervised release of short-term prisoners) and 15(1) (variation of supervised release order etc), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area” and in section 14(5) for “chief executive to” substitute “designated officer for”.

(2) For the definition of “petty sessions area” in section 27(1) (interpretation of Part I) substitute the following definition:

“local justice area” has the same meaning as in the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39);'.

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1993 c. 9. Section 12(2)(a) was amended by section 74 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) and the definition of “petty sessions area” in section 27(1) was amended by section 73(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25).