Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 14)

PART 3 Offences relating to stirring up hatred

Further provision relating to the offences

6 Recording conviction for offence under section 4

Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 4, the court must—

(a) state on conviction, and

(b) record the conviction in a way that shows,

the characteristic (or characteristics) to which the offence relates (by reference to it being an offence under section 4(1) or by reference to one or more of the characteristics mentioned in section 4(3)).