2020 No. 311
Juries
Rehabilitation Of Offenders

The Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020

Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(1) of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 20191 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 62(3)(a) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 30 November 2020.

Amendment of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 19802.

(1)

Part II of schedule 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 19802 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In paragraph (b), for “rehabilitated” substitute “protected”.

(3)

In paragraph (bb), for “rehabilitated” substitute “protected”.

H YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision in consequence of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the 2019 Act”).

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) formerly referred to “rehabilitated persons”. That Act is amended by the 2019 Act to instead refer to “protected persons”.

Part II of schedule 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”) currently refers to persons who are rehabilitated persons for the purposes of the 1974 Act. These Regulations amend Part II of schedule 1 of the 1980 Act to the effect that it will instead refer to persons who are protected persons for the purpose of the 1974 Act. This is to maintain consistency with the terminology of the 1974 Act following that Act’s amendment by the 2019 Act.