Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/53/section/7
Timestamp: 2019-11-18 10:12:46
Document Index: 612728634

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 1', 'art 7', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 5', 'art 7', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 5']

s. 7 Title words substituted by 2019 asp 14 Sch. 2 para. 1(13)
s. 7(1)(d) word substituted by 2019 asp 14 Sch. 2 para. 1(12)(b)
s. 7(1)(d) words substituted by 2019 asp 14 Sch. 2 para. 1(12)(a)
(a)in any criminal proceedings before a court in [F1Great Britain[F1 England and Wales ]] (including any appeal or reference in a criminal matter);
[F2(bb)in any proceedings under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, or on appeal from any such proceedings;]
F3 [F4( c )in any proceedings relating to adoption, the marriage of any minor, [F5or the formation of a civil partnership by any minor,] the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court with respect to minors or the provision by any person of accommodation, care or schooling for minors;
[F4(d)in any proceedings relating to the variation or discharge of a youth rehabilitation order under Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, or on appeal from any such proceedings;]
(e)in any proceedings before a children’s hearing under the M1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or on appeal from any such hearing; or
F6(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[F7 or
(h) in any proceedings brought under Part 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (criminal memoirs etc ). ]
F8. . . F9. . ..
(3)If at any stage in any proceedings before a judicial authority in [F10Great Britain[F10 England and Wales ]] (not being proceedings to which, by virtue of any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (2) above or of any order for the time being in force under subsection (4) below, section 4(1) above has no application, or proceedings to which section 8 below applies) the authority is satisfied, in the light of any considerations which appear to it to be relevant (including any evidence which has been or may thereafter be put before it), that justice cannot be done in the case except by admitting or requiring evidence relating to a person’s spent convictions or to circumstances ancillary thereto, that authority may admit or, as the case may be, require the evidence in question notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of section 4 above, and may determine any issue to which the evidence relates in disregard, so far as necessary, of those provisions.
F1Words in s. 7(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 6(2) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)
F2S. 7(2)(bb) substituted (E.W.) (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), ss. 139, 141, Sch. 6 para. 19; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
F3S. 7(2)(c)(cc) substituted (E.W.) (14.10.1991) for s. 7(2)(c) by Children Act 1991 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 35(2); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F4S. 7(2)(d) substituted (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 6(2), 153(7), Sch. 4 para. 22; S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(p)(iii)
F5Words in s. 7(2)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004, ss. 261(1), 263(10)(b), {Sch. 27 para. 53}; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F6S. 7(2)(g) added by Banking Act 1979 (c. 37, SIF 10), s. 43(4) and repealed by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 108(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F7S. 7(2)(h) and preceding word added (6.4.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 158(1), 182(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2010/816, art. 2, Sch. para. 11
F8Words in s. 7(2) repealed (S.) (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 23(4)(c), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F9Words in s. 7(2) repealed (S.) (25.9.1991) by Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50, SIF 49:8), ss. 10(2), 11(2), Sch. 2
F10Words in s. 7(3) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 6(3) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)
C1S. 7(4): functions transferred (28.2.2003) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/415), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 5)
(a)in any criminal proceedings before a court in [F11Scotland] (including any appeal or reference in a criminal matter);
[F12(bb)in any proceedings on an application for [F13an order under section 2, 2A or 20] of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 or in any appeal against the making of such an order;]
[F14(bc)in any proceedings on an application under section 2, 4 or 5 of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 9) or in any appeal under section 6 of that Act;]
[F15(c)in any proceedings relating to parental responsibilities or parental rights (within the meaning of section 1(3) and section 2(4) respectively of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995), guardianship, adoption or the provision by any person of accommodation, care or schooling for children under the age of 18 years;
F17(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[F7 or
(h) in any proceedings brought under Part 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (criminal memoirs etc).]
(3)If at any stage in any proceedings before a judicial authority in [F18Scotland] (not being proceedings to which, by virtue of any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (2) above or of any order for the time being in force under subsection (4) below, section 4(1) above has no application, or proceedings to which section 8 below applies) the authority is satisfied, in the light of any considerations which appear to it to be relevant (including any evidence which has been or may thereafter be put before it), that justice cannot be done in the case except by admitting or requiring evidence relating to a person’s spent convictions or to circumstances ancillary thereto, that authority may admit or, as the case may be, require the evidence in question notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of section 4 above, and may determine any issue to which the evidence relates in disregard, so far as necessary, of those provisions.
F11Word in s. 7(2)(a) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 16(2) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)
F12S. 7(2)(bb) inserted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 36; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(1)(k)
F13Words in s. 7(2)(bb) substituted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 107, Sch. 7 para. 4; S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(b)(ii)
F14S. 7(2)(bc) inserted (S.) (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 104, 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2(1), Sch.
F15S. 7(2)(c)(cc) substituted (S.) (1.11.1996) for s. 7(2)(c) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(4)(a) ; S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F16S. 7(2)(e) repealed (S.) (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 23(4)(b), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)
F17S. 7(2)(g) added by Banking Act 1979 (c. 37, SIF 10), s. 43(4) and repealed by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 108(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F18Word in s. 7(3) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 16(3) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)
C2S. 7(4): functions transferred (28.2.2003) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/415), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 5)