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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 27A:
- s. 1(3)(ca) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(2)(a)
- s. 1(3A) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(2)(b)
- s. 2(1)(aa) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(3)(a)
- s. 2(3)(b)(i) words in s. 2(3)(b) renumbered as s. 2(3)(b)(i) by 2025 asp 12 s. 44(2)(a)
- s. 2(3)(b)(ii)-(iv) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 44(2)(b)
- s. 2(4A)(4B) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(3)(b)
- s. 3D(1)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 3D(1)(a) and word by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(a)(ii)
- s. 3D(1)(c) and word inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(a)(iii)
- s. 3D(1)(za) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(a)(i)
- s. 3D(2)(2A) substituted for s. 3D(2) by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(b)
- s. 3D(4A)(4B) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(e)
- s. 3K inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 34(2)
- s. 6A inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 33(2)
- s. 27A repealed by 2025 asp 12 s. 35(6)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 1(3)(ca) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(2)(a)
- s. 1(3A) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(2)(b)
- s. 2(1)(aa) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(3)(a)
- s. 2(3)(b)(i) words in s. 2(3)(b) renumbered as s. 2(3)(b)(i) by 2025 asp 12 s. 44(2)(a)
- s. 2(3)(b)(ii)-(iv) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 44(2)(b)
- s. 2(4A)(4B) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 26(3)(b)
- s. 3D(1)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 3D(1)(a) and word by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(a)(ii)
- s. 3D(1)(c) and word inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(a)(iii)
- s. 3D(1)(za) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(a)(i)
- s. 3D(2)(2A) substituted for s. 3D(2) by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(b)
- s. 3D(4A)(4B) inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 52(2)(e)
- s. 3K inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 34(2)
- s. 6A inserted by 2025 asp 12 s. 33(2)
[F127A. Notification of victims in relation to release etc. of short term prisoners S
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(1)Where a person (“A”) is sentenced to imprisonment or detention for a period of less than 18 months in respect of an offence, the Scottish Ministers must, if any person who is or appears to be a victim in relation to the offence (“V”) so requests, notify V of A’s—
(a)lawful release, or
(b)escape from prison.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply where the Scottish Ministers consider that there is an identified risk of harm to A if notification occurs.
(3)Notification for the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)must include—
(i)the date of the release or escape, and
(ii) in the case of release, any licence conditions which have been imposed on A under the 1989 Act or the 1993 Act for the protection of V,
(b)must be given—
(i)where the request is made before release or escape, as soon as reasonably practicable after the release or escape occurs,
(ii)where the request is made after the release or escape, as soon as reasonably practicable after the request is made.
(4)In this section—
“the 1989 Act ” means the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 ,
“the 1993 Act ” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 ,
[F2 “lawful release” means release under or by virtue of the 1989 Act or the 1993 Act , other than temporary release,]
[F2“lawful release” means release under or by virtue of—
(a)the 1989 Act (other than temporary release),
(b)the 1993 Act, or
(c)regulations made under paragraph 19(1) of schedule 4 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020,]
“prison” includes a young offenders institution. ]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 27A inserted (23.12.2015) by The Victims' Rights (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/444), regs. 1(2), 15
F2Words in s. 27A(4) substituted (temp.) (4.5.2020 at 10.15 a.m.) by virtue of The Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/137), regs. 1(1), 3
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