PART 2Disclosure of convictions

Rules relating to disclosure

I127Disclosure period: juvenile offenders

1

The 1974 Act is amended as follows.

2

After section 5G (inserted by section 26) there is inserted—

5HDisclosure period: orders relating to juvenile offenders

1

Where, in respect of a conviction, an order mentioned in subsection (2) was imposed on a person, the disclosure period applicable to the sentence is 1 year from the date of the conviction.

2

The order is an order under section 61 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937—

a

to send the person to an approved school, or

b

to commit the person to the care of a fit person.