Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 — Scotland law | Esheria

Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010

This part sets up the Scottish Sentencing Council, requires it to prepare and review sentencing guidelines, and says courts must have regard to applicable guidelines.

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Jurisdiction
Scotland
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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About this statute

This part sets up the Scottish Sentencing Council, requires it to prepare and review sentencing guidelines, and says courts must have regard to applicable guidelines. The provision sets rules for varying and enforcing community payback orders, including restricted movement requirements, reporting duties, and related court powers. This part defines several terms and creates or amends offences and defences, including prison-related device offences, stalking, threatening or abusive behaviour, and other criminal-law rules. This provision sets penalties for an offence, rules for sentencing when an undertaking is breached, and several criminal procedure rules on applications, appeals, evidence, and destruction of records. This provision sets destruction timing for certain police-related data, creates a process to extend the destruction date, and makes related rules on witness anonymity, jury service, and Audit Scotland data matching.