Article 1 Citation, commencement and extent

This Order may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on the same day as section 7 (holding of children’s hearing) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011^f1.

This Order extends to Scotland and, in so far as it extends beyond Scotland, it does so only as a matter of Scots law.