Schedule: Temporary Measures Part 5: Criminal procedure time limits Summary proceedings: period within which prosecution for statutory offence must commence
270.Paragraph 21 modifies section 136(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to extend the time limit concerning summary proceedings specified in subsection (1) of that section by 6 months. It has the effect that the time limit for the commencement of proceedings for any statutory offence triable only summarily, unless the enactment fixes a different time limit, is 12 months from the date of the alleged commission of the offence.