2021 No. 220
Criminal Law

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 20031 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 2 July 2021.

Amendment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 20172.

(1)

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 20172 are amended as follows.

(2)

In schedule 1 (list of police stations in Scotland)—

(a)

for the entry relating to Aberdeen Police Station, substitute—

“Aberdeen Police Station

Marischal College

Broad Street

Aberdeen

AB10 1AB”;

(b)

for the entry relating to Peterhead Police Station, substitute—

“Peterhead Police Station

Buchan House

St. Peter Street

Peterhead

AB42 1QF”; and

(c)

omit the entry for Saracen Police Station.

KEITH BROWN
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

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

These Regulations amend schedule 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (“the principal Regulations”).

By virtue of section 87(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 relevant offenders must fulfil their notification requirements under that Act by attending any police station which is prescribed for this purpose in regulations. The principal Regulations prescribe those police stations. These Regulations amend the principal Regulations by substituting the address for Aberdeen Police Station and Peterhead Police Station and by removing Saracen Police Station from the list of prescribed police stations.