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Section 39(1)(f), on the power to make provision for fixed penalty discounts, will insert new section 302(7A) into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
Paragraph 5, as Brian indicated, says that"the Scottish Parliament must be properly consulted before any new direction is made or before an existing direction is revised substantially."
The order will mean a fee change that will apply to every institution in Scotland. In itself, that is not new. Scottish ministers have set new fee levels like this before, but these will apply only to English students.
The extent to which they are emphasised is more of a national—and, indeed, regional—issue.Some new guidance has just come out on geographical targeting.