{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974-exclusions-and-exceptions-scotland-amendment-order-2022/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974-exclusions-and-exceptions-scotland-amendment-order-2022/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2022/9780111054055",
  "legislation_title": "The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974-exclusions-and-exceptions-scotland-amendment-order-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 10(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nRehabilitation Of Offenders\nMade 2022\nComing into force 2022\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4(4) and 10(1), 10A(1) and paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 10(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 53 (“the 1974 Act”). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and S.I. 2003/415. Section 10A of the 1974 Act was inserted by section 32 of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14). Paragraphs 1 to 8 of schedule 3 of the 1974 Act were inserted by section 109(4) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13) and paragraph 9 of schedule 3 of the 1974 Act was inserted by section 19 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 10(2) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2022/9780111054055/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:30:20.377403+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."
}