{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/17",
  "legislation_title": "Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Provision of information by court",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a court imposes a custody and community sentence on a person, and\n(b) the court is not required by—\n(i) section 21(4) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), or\n(ii) section 210H(2) of the 1995 Act,\nto prepare a report.\n(2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after imposing the sentence, the court must provide the Scottish Ministers with such information about—\n(a) the person, and\n(b) the circumstances of the case,\nas the court considers appropriate.\n(3) Information provided by virtue of subsection (2) is to be provided in such form as the court considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 power to modify conferred (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 2(2), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:50.645478+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."
}