# Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, Section 40: Presumption as to age in relation to convictions


For the purposes of the exercise of their functions under this Part, the Scottish Ministers may, in the absence of information to the contrary, presume that a person convicted of an offence was of the same age at the time when the offence was committed as the person was at the date of the conviction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/13/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-scotland-act-2020/section-40
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