Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1993 c. 9 |
| Year | 1993 |
- 44: Expenses
- 45: Rules and orders
- 46: Interpretation
- 47: Minor and consequential amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals
- 48: Short title, commencement and extent
- SCHEDULE 1: (Section 1(8)) Consecutive and Concurrent Terms of Imprisonment
- General
- Consecutive terms of imprisonment
- F298 Concurrent terms of imprisonment
- Wholly concurrent terms of imprisonment
- Partly concurrent terms of imprisonment
- F301 SCHEDULE 1A: (Section 1AB) Offences carrying restricted eligibility of terrorist prisoners for release on licence
- PART 1: Terrorism offences punishable with imprisonment for life
- PART 2: Terrorism offences punishable with imprisonment for more than two years (but not life)
- PART 3: Other offences punishable with imprisonment for life
- SCHEDULE 2: (Section 20(6)) The Parole Board
- Membership
- F307 Limitation, termination etc of appointment of members
- F314 Automatic reappointment
- Performance of duties
- F317 Exercise of chairperson’s functions by other members
- F319 Removal of members from office
- Remuneration and allowances
- Reports
- F325 Regulations
- F327 SCHEDULE 3
- Production of copy documents
- Statements in business documents
- Documents kept by businesses etc
- Statements not contained in business documents
- Additional evidence where evidence from business documents challenged
- General
- F329 SCHEDULE 4
- SCHEDULE 5: (Section 47(1)) Minor and Consequential Amendments
- Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c 21)
- Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c 36)
- Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (c 47)
- Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c 47)
- Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c 53)
- Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c 45)
- SCHEDULE 6: (Section 47(2)) Transitional Provisions and Savings
- SCHEDULE 7: (Section 47(3)) Repeals and Revocations
- Part I: Repeals
- Part II: Revocations
Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993
1993 CHAPTER 9
An Act to amend the law of Scotland with respect to the detention, transfer and release of persons serving sentences of imprisonment
etc.
or committed or remanded in custody; to make further provision as regards evidence and procedure in criminal proceedings in Scotland; and for connected purposes.
[29th March 1993]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Commencement Information
I1
Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 48(2)(3) Act wholly in force at 1.1.1994 by S.I. 1993/2050
Extent Information
E1
This Act extends to Scotland only except as provided by s. 48(5)(6) and (7).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1
Act amended (S.) (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 134(2); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
Act extended (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 41, 56(1), Sch. 1 para. 11, Sch. 5 para. 12(1)(d); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(n) (subject to art. 5 of said S.I.) (which said amendment fell (30.9.1998) by reason of the repeal of Sch. 5 para. 12(1) by 1998 c. 37, s. 120(2), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(aa)(3)(x) (subject to arts. 5-8))
Certain functions of Act made exercisable in or as regards Scotland (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1748, art. 4(1)(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 1-4, Pt. II paras. 5-8, Pt. III para. 10(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2
Pt. 1 modified (S.) (20.10.1997) by 1997 c. 48, s. 16(2)(3) (with s. 33); S.I. 1997/2323, art. 3, Sch. 1
C3
Pt. 1 applied (S.) (8.10.2001) by Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 7), ss. 4, 15(2), Sch. paras. 29, 66, 67, 77 (with Sch. para. 65); S.S.I. 2001/274, art. 3(3) (and by that para. 67 as substituted (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), ss. 39(b)(v), 89(2); S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch.)
C4
Pt. 1 applied (S.) by Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 7), Sch. para. 7A (as inserted) (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), ss. 39(a), 89(2); S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch.
C5
Pt. 1: power to modify conferred (S.) (1.3.2007) by Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10), ss. 94(3)(4), 104(1); S.S.I. 2007/84, art. 3(2)
C6
Pt. I: power to modify conferred (S.) (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 2(2), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 3
C7
Pt. 1 modified by 2007 asp 17, Sch. 6 (as substituted (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 19, 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, sch.); (as amended (11.10.2019) by Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), ss. 60(5), 63(2); S.S.I. 2019/309, reg. 2; and (30.4.2021) by Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 58)
C8
Pt. 1 applied by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2(3A) (as inserted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(2)(r), Sch. 11 para. 3(1)(4))
C9
Pt. 1 applied by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2 (as modified (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(2)(r), Sch. 11...
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