8 Section 7: Scotland and Northern Ireland
Terrorism Act 2000 (2000 c 11) | Legislation

8  Section 7: Scotland and Northern Ireland

(1)     In the application of section 7 to Scotland—

(a)     for every reference to the Court of Appeal or the Crown Court substitute a reference to the High Court of Justiciary,

(b)     in subsection (2)(b), at the end insert “and quash the conviction”,

(c)     in subsection (4)—

(i)     in paragraph (a), for “28 days” substitute “two weeks”, and

(ii)     in paragraph (b), for “section 1 of the Criminal

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