(1)This Act may be cited as the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993.
(2)Subject to subsection (4) below, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.
(3)An order under subsection (2) above may make such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with any provision brought into force by the order.
(4)This section and, in so far as relating to paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to this Act, section 47(1) of this Act shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, this Act extends to Scotland only.
(6)This section and the following provisions of this Act also extend to England and Wales—
section 12(2);
section 14(4);
section 15;
section 16(1) and (3);
section 27;
section 46; and
in section 47, subsection (1) in so far as relating to paragraphs 1(38) and 3 of Schedule 5, and subsection (3) in so far as relating to the entry in Schedule 7 in respect of the M1Criminal Justice Act 1991.
(7)Nothing in subsection (5) above affects the extent of this Act in so far as it amends or repeals any provision of the M2Army Act 1955, the M3Air Force Act 1955 or the M4Naval Discipline Act 1957.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 48(2)(3) power fully exercised (16.8.1993): 18.8.1993, 18.9.1993, 1.10.1993 and 1.1.1994 appointed days by S.I. 1993/2050 (subject to saving in arts. 4-10)
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