The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 1997
This Order–appoints 20th October 1997 for the coming into force of the provisions of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the Act”) which are specified in Schedule 1 to the Order (article 3);appoints 1st January 1998 as the date for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act which are specified in Schedule 2 to the Order (article 4) subject to the transitional provision relevant to section 15 of the Act (article 7); andappoints 1st July 1998 as the date when the provisions in the Act dealing with restriction of liberty orders shall in so far as they are not then in force come into force (article 4).