Citation and commencement

1.  –

(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 4) (Drug Treatment and Testing Orders) 1999 and shall come into force on 20th December 1999

(2) This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.

Form of drug treatment and testing order.

2.  –

(1) The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996(2) are amended as follows.

(2) After rule 20.12A insert–

“Form and notification of drug treatment and testing orders

20.12B  A drug treatment and testing order made under section 234B of the Act of 1995 shall be in Form 20.12B.”.

(3) In the appendix, after Form 20.12A-D, insert Form 20.12B as set out in the Schedule to this Act of Adjournal.

SCHEDULE I

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)

Section 89 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) inserted section 234B into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to empower a court to make drug treatment and testing orders in certain circumstances.

This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 by prescribing the form in which such drug treatment and testing orders are to be made.