Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995

Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act
Summary
Consolidated certain enactments creating offences and relating to the criminal law of Scotland
Status: In force

The Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to consolidate certain enactments creating offences and relating to the criminal law of Scotland.

Sections 5 and 6 were repealed by the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 on 1 December 2010.

Section 11 also makes it an offence for a person to keep, manage, or act or assist in the management of a brothel; for a tenant, lessee etc. to knowingly permit premises to be used as a brothel or for habitual prostitution; or for the lessor or landlord (or agent), knowing that premises are used as a brothel, to permit their continued use. The maximum penalty for these offences is 7 years imprisonment, or 12 months on summary conviction.

Section 13 also makes it an offence for a person to live wholly or in part on the earnings of another from male prostitution or to solicit or importune any male person for the purpose of procuring the commission of a homosexual act. The maximum penalty for these offences on indictment is 2 years imprisonment, and on summary conviction 12 months imprisonment.

This section was largely repealed by the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 on 1 December 2010, leaving only the definition of homosexual act, the offences of living off the earnings of male prostitution and soliciting/importuning any male person for the purpose of procuring the commission of a homosexual act, and the provision treating premises as a brothel for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 (described above).

Sections 14 to 18 contain miscellaneous provisions relating to sexual offences.

This section was repealed by the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 on 1 December 2010.

Part II of the Act (sections 18 to 23) allow the Scottish Ministers (formerly the Secretary of State for Scotland) to designate sports grounds or sports events, to which certain special controls apply.

Section 19 creates offences of being in possession of alcohol, allowing the possession of alcohol, or being drunk on vehicles going to or from a designated sporting event.

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