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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2005 No. 156

CRIMINAL LAW

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005

  Made 15th March 2005 
  Laid before the Scottish Parliament 17th March 2005 
  Coming into force 12th May 2005 

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 12th May 2005.

Amendment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 2004
    
2.  - (1) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 2004[2] are amended as follows.

    (2) In the Schedule, in the column headed "POLICE STATION NAME AND ADDRESS" for Strathclyde police area-


CATHY JAMIESON
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
15th March 2005



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 ("the principal Regulations").

By virtue of section 87(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, relevant offenders must fulfil notification requirements under that Act by attending any police station in their local area which is prescribed for this purpose in regulations. The principal Regulations prescribe those police stations. These Regulations amend the principal Regulations by removing Craignure Police Station located in the Isle of Mull from the list of prescribed police station in the Strathclyde police area, and add Cambuslang Police Station in Glasgow, Tobermory Police Station in the Isle of Mull and Lamlash Police Station located in the Isle of Arran to the list of prescribed police stations for that police area.


Notes:

[1] 2003 c.42. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 142(6) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

[2] S.S.I. 2004/137, amended by S.S.I. 2004/370 and 2005/9.back



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 © Crown copyright 2005

Prepared 24 March 2005


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