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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 22 (C. 1)
Criminal Law
The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2022
Made
25th January 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
27th January 2022
Coming into force
1st April 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(2) of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014( 1).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2022 and comes into force on 1 April 2022.
Day appointed
2. 1 April 2022 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 9 of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014( 2).
HUMZA YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
25th January 2022
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order commences section 9 of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (“ the 2014 Act”) on 1 April 2022.
Section 9 allows a person who is a victim of a sexual offence, to request that any forensic medical examination of them is carried out by a registered medical practitioner of a sex specified by the person.
The Bill for the 2014 Act received Royal Assent on 17 January 2014. The following sections of the 2014 Act came into force on the following day: sections 30 (in part), 31 (in part), 32, 33, 34 and 35.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the 2014 Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1 | 30 January 2015 | 2014/359 |
| Section 2 (in part) | 13 August 2014 | 2014/210 |
| Section 2 (in so far as not already in force) | 30 January 2015 | 2014/359 |
| Section 3 | 30 January 2015 | 2014/359 |
| Section 4 | 1 July 2015 | 2015/200 |
| Section 5 | 24 February 2021 | 2021/39 |
| Section 6 (in part) | 13 August 2014 | 2014/210 |
| Section 6 (in part) | 30 January 2015 | 2014/359 |
| Section 7 | 1 September 2015 | 2015/200 |
| Section 8 | 13 August 2014 | 2014/210 |
| Sections 10 to 22 | 1 September 2015 | 2015/200 |
| Section 23 (in part) | 13 August 2014 | 2014/210 |
| Section 23 (in so far as not already in force) | 10 February 2021 | 2020/405 |
| Section 25 (in part) | 25 August 2020 | 2020/237 |
| Section 25 (in so far as not already in force) | 10 February 2021 | 2020/405 |
| Section 26 (in part) | 13 August 2014 | 2014/210 |
| Section 26 (in part) | 25 November 2019 | 2019/283 |
| Sections 27 to 29 | 13 August 2014 | 2014/210 |
| Section 30 (in so far as not already in force) | 1 July 2014 | 2014/117 |
| Section 31(2) (in part) | 16 May 2014 | 2014/117 |
| Section 31 (in so far as not already in force) | 1 July 2014 | 2014/117 |
Sections 1A, 3A to 3J, 9A to 9E, 27A, 29A and 29B were added to the 2014 Act by the Victims’ Rights (Scotland) Regulations 2015 ( S.S.I. 2015/444) which came into force on 23 December 2015.
Section 9 was amended by paragraph 5(3) of the schedule of the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 3).