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Reports relating to hate crimeS

14Publication of reports on hate crime convictionsS

(1)The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting year, publish a report on convictions during that reporting year for—

(a)offences aggravated by prejudice within the meaning of section 1, and

(b)offences under this Act.

(2)The Scottish Ministers must provide information about the groups to which the offences relate by including in the report—

(a)information about convictions for offences which, by virtue of being offences under section 3 or 4(1), relate to groups defined by reference to race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins,

(b)in respect of each conviction for an offence aggravated by prejudice within the meaning of section 1, information about the type of prejudice by which the offence was aggravated (by reference to one or more of the characteristics mentioned in section 1(2)), and

(c)in respect of each conviction for an offence under section 4(2), information about the characteristic to which the offence relates (by reference to one or more of the characteristics mentioned in section 4(3)).

(3)The Scottish Ministers must—

(a)take reasonable steps to establish whether the information provided under subsection (2) about the groups to which the offences relate may be supplemented by information about any subgroups to which the offences relate, including (in particular) where a conviction is for an offence relating to a group defined by reference to—

(i)age, the particular age or age range to which the offence relates,

(ii)disability, the particular type of disability to which the offence relates, including whether it is a physical impairment or a mental impairment,

(iii)race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins, the particular race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins to which the offence relates,

(iv)religion or, in the case of a social or cultural group, perceived religious affiliation, the particular religion (including lack of religious belief) or religious affiliation to which the offence relates,

(v)sexual orientation, whether the offence relates to sexual orientation towards persons of the same sex, towards persons of a different sex, or towards both persons of the same sex and persons of a different sex,

(vi)transgender identity, whether the offence relates to identity as a female-to-male transgender person, as a male-to-female transgender person, as a non-binary person, or as a person who cross-dresses, and

(b)if they establish that the information provided under subsection (2) may be so supplemented, take reasonable steps to obtain that supplementary information and include it in the report.

(4)The report must not include information in respect of any conviction—

(a)which identifies any individual, or

(b)from which the identity of any individual may be ascertained.

(5)The report may be in any form that the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate and (in particular) may be part of another document.

(6)In this section, “reporting year” means a period of one year ending on 31 March.

Commencement Information

I1S. 14 in force at 1.4.2024 by S.S.I. 2024/82, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)

15Publication of reports on hate crime recorded by policeS

(1)The chief constable of the Police Service must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting year, provide the information that the Scottish Ministers require in order to publish a report in accordance with this section.

(2)The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of information under subsection (1), publish a report on records made by the Police Service during that reporting year of cases categorised by the Police Service as—

(a)offences aggravated by prejudice within the meaning of section 1, and

(b)offences under this Act.

(3)The report must include the following information in respect of each recorded offence to the extent that this information has been recorded by the Police Service—

(a)the age, sex, and ethnic or national origins of any person recorded as being a victim of the offence,

(b)the age, sex, and ethnic or national origins of any person recorded as being a perpetrator or suspected perpetrator of the offence.

(4)The report must include the following information to the extent that this information has been recorded by the Police Service—

(a)in respect of each record of an offence under section 3 and each record of an offence under section 4(1), the particular race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins recorded as being targeted,

(b)in respect of each record of an offence aggravated by prejudice within the meaning of section 1 and each record of an offence under section 4(2)—

(i)the particular characteristic mentioned in section 1(2) or 4(3) which is recorded as being targeted,

(ii)where the characteristic is age, the particular age or age range recorded as being targeted,

(iii)where the characteristic is disability, the particular type of disability that is recorded as being targeted, including whether it is a physical impairment or a mental impairment,

(iv)where the characteristic is race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins, the particular race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins recorded as being targeted,

(v)where the characteristic is religion or, in the case of a social or cultural group, perceived religious affiliation, the particular religion (including lack of religious belief) or religious affiliation recorded as being targeted,

(vi)where the characteristic is sexual orientation, whether the sexual orientation that is recorded as being targeted is sexual orientation towards persons of the same sex, towards persons of a different sex, or towards both persons of the same sex and persons of a different sex,

(vii)where the characteristic is transgender identity, whether the transgender identity that is recorded as being targeted is identity as a female-to-male transgender person, as a male-to-female transgender person, as a non-binary person, or as a person who cross-dresses.

(5)The report must not include information in respect of any recorded offence—

(a)which identifies any individual, or

(b)from which the identity of any individual may be ascertained.

(6)The report may be in any form that the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate and (in particular) may be part of another document.

(7)In this section—

  • Police Service” means the Police Service of Scotland,

  • reporting year” means a period of one year ending on 31 March.

Commencement Information

I2S. 15 in force at 1.4.2024 by S.S.I. 2024/82, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)

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