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Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016

Appeals
Section 22 – Appeals

116.Section 22 provides for an appeals process in relation to SHPOs and interim SHPOs.

117.Subsection (1) makes provision about SHPOs made on sentencing under section 11 and any order granting or refusing a variation, renewal or discharge of such a SHPO. These are to be treated as sentences only for the purposes of any appeal. SHPOs made post-sentencing under sections 12 or 21, on the other hand, may be appealed under civil appeal structures: see subsections (4) and (5).

118.Subsections (3) and (6) provide that where an appeal results in a SHPO being granted by the appeal court, any subsequent application for variation, renewal or discharge of that order should revert to the court which dealt with the matter initially and could have granted the SHPO in the first place.

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