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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

This Order may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 28 February 2020.

(3)

In this Order—

  • “the 2013 Order” means the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013f1,

  • “ATP” means an alternative to prosecutionf2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.S.I. 2013/50, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2015/329, S.S.I. 2016/91 and S.S.I. 2018/51.

f2

Section 8B(2) of the 1974 Act provides that references in that Act (and by extension this Order) to an “alternative to prosecution” are to be read in accordance with section 8B(1) of that Act.