PART I The Course of Justice
Conviction and sentence
37 Offences committed by persons under supervision etc.: provision of local authority report.
1
After section 179 of the 1975 Act there shall be inserted the following section—
179A Offence committed by person under supervision etc.: provision of local authority report.
Where a person specified in section 27(1)(b)(i) to (vi) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 commits an offence, the court shall not dispose of the case without obtaining from the local authority in whose area the person resides a report as to—
a
the circumstances of the offence; and
b
the character of the offender, including his behaviour while under the supervision, or as the case may be subject to the order, so specified in relation to him.
2
After section 380 of that Act there shall be inserted the following section—
380A Offence committed by person under supervision etc.: provision of local authority report.
1
Where a person specified in section 27(1)(b)(i) to (vi) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 commits an offence, the court shall not dispose of the case without obtaining from the local authority in whose area the person resides a report as to—
a
the circumstances of the offence; and
b
the character of the offender, including his behaviour while under the supervision, or as the case may be subject to the order, so specified in relation to him.
2
In subsection (1) above, “the court” does not include a district court.