Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019

4 More about the list of disposals

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the list in section 3(2) so as to—

(a) add, alter or remove an entry,

(b) limit an entry so as to specify a certain aspect of what a court may do.

(2) An entry included in section 3(2) may relate to anything, at any stage in criminal proceedings—

(a) which can be made or imposed by a court with respect to a person, or

(b) to which a person can otherwise be made subject by a court,

except something under which a person is to be detained in custody.

(3) A general or specific reference to a disposal mentioned in section 3(2) is, in relation to a requirement under section 1(1), to be construed as being to the relevant order or other measure so far as concerning—

(a) a person’s whereabouts in some way (including being at, or not being at, a particular place), or

(b) a person’s consumption, taking or ingesting of alcohol, drugs or other substances.

(4) For the avoidance of doubt, anything listed in section 3(2) is to be regarded as a disposal for the purposes of this Part (whether or not it is the final disposal of a case).