[205B Minimum sentence for third conviction of certain offences relating to drug trafficking]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[205B  Minimum sentence for third conviction of certain offences relating to drug trafficking]

[(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a person is convicted on indictment in the High Court of a class A drug trafficking offence committed after the commencement of section 2 of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997;

(b)     at the time when that offence was committed, he had attained the age of at least 18 years and had [two previous convictions for relevant offences], irrespective of—

(i)     whether either of those offences was committed before or after the commencement of section 2 of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997;

(ii)     the court in which any such conviction was obtained; and

(iii)     his

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