The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 68(3) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999[1], hereby make the following Order: Citation and extent 1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6) (Scotland) Order 2000. (2) This Order extends to Scotland only. Appointed day 2. Section 59 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (amendments relating to the restriction on the use of answers etc. obtained under compulsion) shall come into force on 1st January 2001. JAMES WALLACE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew's House, Edinburgh 14th December 2000 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order brings into force section 59 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 on 1st January 2001. Schedule 3 contains amendments relating to the restriction on use in criminal proceedings of answers etc. obtained under compulsion. This Order extends to Scotland only. NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS (This note is not part of the Order) The following provisions of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:
As well as those minor provisions covered by section 68(9) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, the substantive provisions that remain to be commenced for Scotland are Chapter IV of Part II (so far as not already commenced), paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 and section 61(2). [1] 1999 c.23. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 68(2) of the 1999 Act and section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back
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