Section 5C Disclosure period: caution for good behaviourF1

Scotland

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where, in respect of a conviction, a person was ordained to find caution for good behaviour in respect of a period (“the caution period”).

(2)

The disclosure period applicable to the sentence is—

(a)

where the person was 18 years of age or older at the date of the conviction, whichever is the longer of—

(i)

6 months from the date of the conviction,

(ii)

the length of the caution period,

F2(b)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 5C inserted (S.) (30.11.2020) by Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), ss. 22(2), 63(2) (with s. 37); S.S.I. 2020/245, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
F2: S. 5C(2)(b) repealed (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 2(5) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.