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(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2023 and comes into force on 9 March 2023.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016,
 “the 2012 Act” means the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.
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9 March 2023 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a) section 113(1) (Police Negotiating Board for Scotland- establishment and functions), but only for the purpose of the insertion of section 55A of the 2012 Act (establishment of the PNBS),
(b) section 113(3) and (4),
(c) schedule 3 (Police Negotiating Board for Scotland),
(d) section 114(1)(b) (consequential and transitional).
KEITH BROWN
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st February 2023