Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2015 and comes into force on 7th May 2015.

Commencement of provisions: the Scottish Sentencing Council

2.  The following provisions of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 come into force on 7th May 2015-

(a)section 1(1);

(b)section 1(2) but only for the purpose of bringing into force the provision of Schedule 1 of the 2010 Act specified in sub-paragraph (c); and

(c)Schedule 1, paragraph 2 but only for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations prescribing the procedure by which a person may be nominated or otherwise selected as suitable for appointment, as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order brings into force section 1(1) and, for certain purposes, section 1(2) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Act.

Section 1(1) of the Act establishes a body corporate to be known as the "Scottish Sentencing Council". Section 1(2) introduces Schedule 1 for the purposes of commencing paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Act.

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 is commenced for the purposes of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations regarding the procedures to be followed for a person to be nominated, or otherwise selected for appointment, as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council

The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 ("the 2010 Act") received Royal Assent on 6th August 2010. Sections 201, 202, 204 and 206 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the 2010 Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.