Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018

1Purpose of this ActS

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The purpose of this Act is to acknowledge the wrongfulness and discriminatory effect of past convictions for certain historical sexual offences by—

(a)pardoning persons who have been convicted of those offences, and

(b)providing for a process for convictions for those offences to be disregarded.

Commencement Information

I1S. 1 in force at 15.10.2019 by S.S.I. 2019/205, reg. 2