# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 36: Supervised release orders: requirement for local authority report.


After subsection (1) of section 212A of the 1975 Act (supervised release orders) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A) A court shall, before making an order under subsection (1) above, consider a report by a relevant officer of a local authority about the offender and his circumstances and, if the court thinks it necessary, hear that officer.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/20/section/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/section-36
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