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Section 22.
1 Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (which makes provision as regards the [1980 c. 62.] sufficiency of evidence by certificate in certain routine matters) shall be amended as follows.
2 Before the entry relating to the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 there shall be inserted—
| “THE PARKS REGULATION ACTS 1872 to 1974 | An officer authorised to do so by the Secretary of State. | That, on a date specified in the certificate— (a)
copies of regulations made under those Acts, prohibiting such activity as may be so specified, were displayed at a location so specified; (b)
in so far as those regulations prohibited persons from carrying out a specified activity in the park without written permission, such permission had not been given to a person so specified.”. |
3 After the entry relating to the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 there shall be inserted—
“THE BUILDING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1959 (c. 24)
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An officer of a local authority authorised to do so by the authority. | In relation to a building specified in the certificate, that on a date so specified, there had not been obtained a warrant under section 6 of that Act for construction, demolition or, as the case may be, change of use. |
| Section 9(5) (offence of occupying or using a building before certificate of completion issued). | An officer of a local authority authorised to do so by the authority. | That, on a date specified in the certificate— (a)
a certificate of completion under section 9 of that Act had not been issued in respect of a building so specified; and (b)
written permission for occupation or use of the building so specified, had not been granted under subsection (6) of that section by the local authority.”. |
4 In the entry relating to the Firearms Act 1968, for the words in column 2 there shall be substituted “As respects the matters specified in paragraph (a) of column 3, a constable or a person employed by a police authority, if the constable or person is authorised to do so by the chief constable of the police force maintained for the authority’s area; and as respects the matters specified in paragraph (b) of column 3, an officer authorised to do so by the Secretary of State.”.
5 After the entry relating to the Social Security Act 1975 there shall be inserted—
“THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1975 (c. 21)
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The clerk of court. | That, on a date specified in the certificate, he gave a person so specified, in a manner so specified, notice of the time and place appointed for a diet so specified.”. |
6 In the entry relating to the Bail etc. (Scotland) Act 1980, for the words in column 3 there shall be substituted—
“In relation to a person specified in the certificate, that— (a)
an order granting bail under that Act was made on a date so specified by a court so specified; (b)
the order or a condition of it so specified was in force on a date so specified; (c)
notice of the time and place appointed for a diet so specified was given to him in a manner so specified; (d)
as respects a diet so specified, he failed to appear.”. |
7 After the entry relating to the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 there shall be inserted—
“THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 (c. 69)
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An officer of the appropriate authority (within the meaning of section 16(9) of that Act) authorised to do so by the authority. | In relation to a person specified in the certificate that, on a date so specified, he held, or as the case may be did not hold, a licence under section 16 of that Act and, where he held such a licence— (a)
the purpose for which the licence was granted; and (b)
the terms and conditions of the licence.”. |
8 After the entry relating to the Video Recordings Act 1984 there shall be inserted the following entries—
“THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1988 (c. 52)
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A constable. | In relation to a person specified in the certificate, that he failed, by such date as may be so specified, to produce such documents as may be so specified at a police station so specified. |
THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1989 (c. 14)
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An officer of a regulation authority within the meaning of that Act authorised to do so by the authority. | In relation to a person specified in the certificate, that on a date so specified he was not a registered carrier of controlled waste within the meaning of that Act. |
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 (c. 43)
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An officer of a waste regulation authority within the meaning of that Act authorised to do so by the authority. | In relation to a person specified in the certificate that, on a date so specified, he held, or as the case may be he did not hold, a waste management licence. |
| Section 34(1)(c) (duty of care as respects transfer of waste). | An officer of a waste regulation authority within the meaning of that Act authorised to do so by the authority. | In relation to a person specified in the certificate, that on a date so specified he was not an authorised person within the meaning of section 34(3)(b) or (d) of that Act.”. |
9 After the entry relating to the Social Security Administration Act 1992 there shall be inserted—
“THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC ORDER ACT 1994 (c. 33)
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An officer authorised to do so by the Secretary of State. | That— (a)
on a date specified in the certificate, an application for a certificate under section 114 of that Act was received from a person so specified; (b)
the application contained a statement so specified; (c)
a person so specified made, on a date so specified, a statement in writing in terms so specified.”. |
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995