# The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Paragraph 2: Offences in Scotland


An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (offences against children under the age of 17 years to which special provisions apply) except–
(a) an offence under subsection (5) of section 13 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (homosexual offences) of committing or being party to the commission of, or procuring or attempting to procure the commission of an act of sodomy otherwise than in private;
(b) in a case where the offender–
(i) was under 18 at the time the offence was committed, an offence of assault; or
(ii) was under 20 at the time the offence was committed, the offences mentioned in paragraph 3 below, and
(c) any offence specified in paragraph 2B of that Schedule (certain offences under section 52 or 52A of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/182/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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