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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-offenders-etc-scotland-act-2005/section-18",
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  "legislation": "asp/2005/14",
  "legislation_title": "Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-offenders-etc-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Offender's failure to comply with notification requirements: jurisdiction of Scottish courts",
  "text": "In section 91 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) (offences relating to the notification requirements of Part 2 of that Act), for subsection (4) substitute—\n“(4) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be commenced in any court—\n(a) having jurisdiction in any place where the accused—\n(i) resides;\n(ii) is last known to have resided; or\n(iii) is found;\n(b) which has convicted the accused of an offence if the accused is subject to the notification requirements of this Part by virtue of that conviction; or\n(c) which has made an order under section 104(1)(b) in respect of the accused if the accused is subject to those requirements by virtue of that order.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/14/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:21.360492+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."
}