
2025 No. 242
Prisons
The Home Detention Curfew (Amendment of Specified Time Periods) (Scotland) Order 2025
Made 2nd September 2025
Coming into force 20th October 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3AA(6)(b) and (c) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 45(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Home Detention Curfew (Amendment of Specified Time Periods) (Scotland) Order 2025 and comes into force on 20 October 2025.
Amendment of section 3AA of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993
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(1) Section 3AA of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2), for “one quarter” substitute “15%”.
(3) In subsection (3), for “166 days” substitute “196 days”.
ANGELA CONSTANCE
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd September 2025