The Explanatory Notes which accompany the Bill explain that section 1 raises the age of criminal responsibility to 12 and, when taken together with sections 2 and 3, ensure that from the date new section 41This refers to section 41 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act which sets out the age at which a child can be held criminally responsible in Scotland comes into force, no child will be prosecuted, or referred to a children's hearing on the basis of the offence ground in relation to pre...