{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-45G",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007/section-45G.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/14",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/45G",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45G",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences relating to regulated roles by individuals not in Scheme",
  "text": "A person who commits an offence under section 45C, 45D, 45E or 45F is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both),\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine (or both).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 45C-45G inserted (30.9.2024 for specified purposes, 1.4.2025 for specified purposes, 1.7.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), ss. 73(2), 97 (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2024/242, reg. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2)(3), sch. (with regs. 11, 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/45G",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:53.317203+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."
}