Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024
Quashing of convictions
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Quashing of convictions for relevant offences
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Meaning of “relevant offence”
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Identification and notification of quashed convictions
Deletion of details of alternatives to prosecution
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Deletion of details of alternatives to prosecution for relevant offences
Information-sharing
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Provision of information
Reporting
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Report on the operation of the Act
Final provisions
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Consequential provision
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Ancillary provision
9
Interpretation
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Commencement
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Short title

Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024
2024 asp 6
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the quashing of certain convictions for offences of dishonesty connected to the carrying on of a post office business at a time when the Horizon system was in use; to provide for the deletion of details of alternatives to prosecution in relation to such offences; and for connected purposes.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 30th May 2024 and received Royal Assent on 13th June 2024