SCHEDULE 4Minor and consequential amendments

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)

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Section 210A of the 1995 Act (extended sentences for sex and violent offenders) is amended as follows.

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In subsection (1)(b), before “licence” insert “ community ”.

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In subsection (2)—

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in paragraph (a), for “custodial” substitute “ confinement ”,

b

in paragraph (b), before “licence” insert “ community ”.

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In subsection (6), for “custodial” substitute “ confinement ”.

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In subsection (10), for the words from “ “licence”” to “1993” substitute—

community licence” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 17);

relevant officer”, in relation to a local authority, means an officer of that authority employed by them in the discharge of their functions under section 27(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (supervision and care of persons put on probation or released from prison etc.);