Section 27 Disclosure period: juvenile offendersI1

The 1974 Act is amended as follows.

After section 5G (inserted by section 26) there is inserted—

“Disclosure period: orders relating to juvenile offenders

5H

(1)

Where, in respect of a conviction, an order mentioned in subsection (2) was imposed on a person, the disclosure period applicable to the sentence is 1 year from the date of the conviction.

(2)

The order is an order under section 61 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937—

(a)

to send the person to an approved school, or

(b)

to commit the person to the care of a fit person.”.