Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic Monitoring (Approved Devices) (Scotland) Regulations 2020.

These Regulations come into force on 19 November 2020.

In these Regulations—

• “the 2019 Act” means the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019,

• “fitting and installation tool” means an electronic device which is intended to be used in order to—

  1. (a)

     install a home monitoring unit at a specific location,

  2. (b)

     securely fit a F1GPS personal identification device or an RF personal identification device to a monitored person, or

  3. (c)

     undertake diagnostic testing of a home monitoring unit F2, a GPS personal identification device or an RF personal identification device.

• “GPS” means the Global Positioning System,

• F3“GPS personal identification device” means an electronic device which—

  1. (a)

     uses GPS or a secondary location tracking medium to track a monitored person’s location,

  2. (b)

     transmits information to a home monitoring unit via a short-range radio signal,

  3. (c)

     transmits information to a remote server via a mobile phone network, and

  4. (d)

     is intended to be securely fitted to a monitored person,

• “home monitoring unit” means an electronic device which—

  1. (a)

     receives information from a F4GPS personal identification device or an RF personal identification device via a regular short range F5radio signal (and does not use GPS location information to track a monitored person),

  2. (b)

     transmits information to a remote server via a mobile phone network or a telephone line, and

  3. (c)

     is intended to be installed in a specific location to monitor a monitored person’s presence at, or absence from, that location,

• F6“mains charger” means a device used to charge a GPS personal identification device by mains electricity,

• “monitored person” means a person who is subject to a requirement imposed under section 1(1) or 5(1) of the 2019 Act,

• F7“portable charger” means a battery pack used to charge a GPS personal identification device without mains electricity,

• “RF” means radio frequency,

• “F8RF personal identification device” means an electronic device which—

  1. (a)

     transmits information to a home monitoring unit via a regular short-range radio signal (and does not use GPS location information to track a monitored person), and

  2. (b)

     is intended to be securely fitted to a monitored person,

• F9"secondary location tracking medium” means a location tracking medium which uses a mobile phone network or a connection to a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network.