The purpose of the instrument is as follows:
This Amendment Order makes amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (“the 2013 Order”). and makes provision to update and replace references to outdated terminology no longer used in the Disclosure Act, for the purposes of the 2013 Order - these amendments reflect the changes made to the disclosure system by the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (“the Disclosure Act”), ensuring that both the state and self-disclosure regimes in Scotland continue to work as intended.
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