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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 5 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 October 2020.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1993 Act” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993,
 “the 2019 Act” means the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019,
 “the appointed day” means the day appointed by regulation 2.
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1 October 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2019 Act—
(a) Section 3 (list of the relevant disposals),
(b) Section 4 (more about the list of disposals),
(c) Section 8 (approved devices to be prescribed),
(d) Section 9 (use of devices and information),
(e) Section 15 (procedure for making regulations),
(f) Section 40 (continued independence of action),
(g) Section 41 (administrative arrangements),
(h) Section 42 (mandatory categories of membership),
(i) Section 43 (appointment to be for fixed period),
(j) Section 45 (references to the chairperson),
(k) Section 46 (amendment of oversight provisions),
(l) Section 47 (repeal of statutory provisions),
(m) Section 50(3) (representations by certain recalled prisoners),
(n) Section 52 (Parole Board decisions: consideration of impact on prisoner’s family),
(o) Section 53(2) and (3)(b) (re-release after revocation of licences generally), and
(p) Section 54 (long-term prisoners due for removal from the UK).
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The amendment of paragraph 2A of schedule 2 of the 1993 Act made by section 43 of the 2019 Act has no effect in relation to a member of the Parole Board appointed before the appointed day.
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The insertion of section 17A(2A) into the 1993 Act by section 50(3) of the 2019 Act has no effect in relation to a person whose licence has been revoked under section 17A(1) of the 1993 Act before the appointed day.
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The amendment of section 17(4) of the 1993 Act by section 53(3)(b) of the 2019 Act has no effect in relation to a person whose case has been referred as mentioned in section 17(3) of the 1993 Act before the appointed day.
HUMZA YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th September 2020