Explanatory Notes

Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019

2019 asp 14

30 July 2019

The Structure and a Summary of the Act

Part 2 – Disclosure of Convictions

Rules relating to disclosure

Section 28 – Disclosure period: service discipline

122.Section 28 inserts a new section 5I into the 1974 Act after section 5H to move certain service disciplinary disposals in the current 1974 Act to a new location.

123.Section 5I(1), (2) and (3) restate the current service disciplinary orders and associated disclosure periods for these disposals currently set out in sections 5(4A), 5(5)(g) and 5(6A) respectively. No changes to the disposals or the disclosure periods are being made by the amendment.