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Criminal Damage Act 1971

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12Short title and extent

(1)This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(2)This Act may be cited as the Criminal Damage Act 1971.

(3)Except as provided by subsections (4) to (6) below, this Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(4)Section 11(4) of this Act extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(5)Section 11(5) of this Act extends to so much of the river Esk, with its banks and tributary streams up to their source, as is situated in Scotland, but does not apply to the river Tweed within the meaning of the expression " the river " as defined by the [1859 c. clxx.] Tweed Fisheries Amendment Act 1859 and any byelaw amending that definition.

(6)Part II of the Schedule to this Act and so much of section 11(8) above as relates thereto extend to Scotland; and section 11(2) of this Act, Part III of that Schedule and so much of section 11(8) as relates thereto extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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