Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006

Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006
Act of the Scottish Parliament
	Scottish Parliament
Long title	An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision about the police; to make further provision about public order and safety; to make further provision about criminal justice; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2006 asp 10
Dates
Royal assent	4 July 2006
Other legislation
Amends	Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967; Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; Criminal Justice Act 1988; Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995; Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; Fireworks Act 2003; Sexual Offences Act 2003;
Amended by	Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. The majority of the Act came into force on 1 April 2007.^[1]

Amongst other provisions, the Act changed how non-criminal complaints against the police are handled by setting up the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland to deal with them.

References[edit]

^ Gov.Scot

This article related to law in Scotland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This legislation in the United Kingdom, or its constituent jurisdictions, article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Gov.Scot

[1]