{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/7",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The Risk Management Authority",
  "text": "(1) There is established an authority (to be known as the “Risk Management Authority”) whose functions under this Act and any other enactment are to be exercised for the purpose of ensuring the effective assessment and minimisation of risk.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) and sections 4 to 6, “risk” means, as regards—\n(a) a person convicted of an offence; or\n(b) a person who is subject to a disposal under section 57 (disposal of case where accused found not criminally responsible or unfit for trial ) of the 1995 Act,\nthe risk the person’s being at liberty presents to the safety of the public at large.\n(3) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the Authority.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with art. 3 of the commencing S.S.I.) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), sch. 7 para. 71; S.S.I. 2012/160, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:51.376466+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}