83 Anti-social behaviour strategies

In the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), after section 22 (offences in relation to breach of anti-social behaviour orders) there is inserted—

“22A Anti-social behaviour strategies

(1) Each local authority shall prepare jointly with the relevant chief constable a strategy for dealing with anti-social behaviour in the authority’s area; and the authority shall publish the strategy.

(2) The strategy shall, in particular, include provision as to—

(a) how the authority and the police are to co-ordinate the exercise of their functions in so far as they are exercisable in relation to anti-social behaviour in the authority’s area; and

(b) the exchange of information between the authority and the police relating to such behaviour.

(3) The local authority and the relevant chief constable—

(a) shall keep the strategy under review; and

(b) may from time to time revise the strategy,

and the authority shall publish the strategy as so revised.

(4) In this section—

• “anti-social behaviour” means any act or conduct (including speech) which causes or is likely to cause alarm, distress, nuisance or annoyance to any person;

• “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) and any reference to the area of such an authority is a reference to the local government area within the meaning of that Act for which it is so constituted;

• “relevant chief constable” means the chief constable of the police force maintained under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) the area of which includes the area of the local authority.”.

General

84 Transitional provisions etc.

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by order make such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as they consider necessary or expedient for the purposes, or in consequence, of this Act or of any order made under this Act.

(2) An order under subsection (1) above may amend or repeal any enactment (including any provision of this Act).

85 Minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 4 to this Act, which contains minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act, has effect.

86 Repeals

The enactments mentioned in schedule 5 to this Act are repealed to the extent mentioned in the second column of that schedule.

87 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “the 1989 Act”means the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 45);

• “the 1993 Act”means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9);

• “the 1995 Act”means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46); and

• “prescribed”, except in section 21(4), means prescribed by order made by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) Any expression used in this Act and in the 1995 Act is, unless the context requires otherwise, to be construed in accordance with section 307 of that Act (interpretation).

88 Orders

(1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make orders or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument; and subject to subsection (2) a statutory instrument containing any such order or regulations, other than an order under section 89(2), is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.

(2) A statutory instrument containing an order under section—

(a) 6(1)(b), 11(1), 14(1), 14(12) (including as applied to section 16(5)), 16(4) or 42(5); or

(b) 84 which amends or repeals any part of an Act,

is not made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.

89 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.

(2) With the exception of—

(a) this section;

(b) section 77 and schedule 3;

(c) section 84;

(d) in so far as relating to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69), section 86 and schedule 5;

(e) section 87; and

(f) section 88,

this Act comes into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint.

(3) Different days may be so appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.