Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 Explanatory Notes

Paragraph 75 – The Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005

919.Paragraph 75 amends section 8 of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005, which deals with persons who breach Risk of Sexual Harm Orders. It adds reference to a person acquitted of an offence of breaching an risk of sexual harm order by reason of the defence created by the new section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as inserted by section 168 of this Act alongside references to a person being found not guilty of such an offence by reason of insanity.

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