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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Criminal Law
Made
29th October 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
31st October 2013
Coming into force
29th November 2013
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(2) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. This Order may be cited as the Drugs Courts (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on 29th November 2013.
2. (1) The Drugs Courts (Scotland) Order 2003(2) is amended in accordance with this article.
(2) In the Schedule (list of Sheriffdoms), omit paragraph 2 (the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife).
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrews House,
Edinburgh
29th October 2013
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Drugs Courts (Scotland) Order 2003 to remove the reference to the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife from the Schedule. By virtue of this amendment, the sheriffdom is no longer required to have a drugs court in accordance with section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.
2003 asp 7; see section 87(1) of that Act for the definition of "prescribed".