Part 2Proceedings
Miscellaneous
36Victim notification scheme
In section 16 (victim's right to receive information concerning release etc. of offender) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7)—
a
in subsection (5)(b)(ii), after the word “sub-paragraph”
in the second place where it occurs there is inserted “
and as if in paragraph (a)(ii) of the said section 14(6)
(as it applies by virtue of that sub-paragraph) the words “, immediately before the offence (or apparent offence) was perpetrated, cared”
were “cares”
”
,
b
after subsection (6) there is added—
7
Where, but for section 14(8) (as it applies in relation to subsection (5)(a)), information would—
a
under subsection (1) (as read with subsection (5)(a)); and
b
by virtue of section 14(10)(c) to (e) and (g) to (i) (as it applies in relation to subsection (5)(a)),
fall to be given to a child who has not attained the age of fourteen years, that information is to be given instead to a person who cares for the child.
8
In subsection (7), the reference to a person who cares for the child is to be construed in accordance with section 2(28) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8).