Providers of information society services 10 Provision in relation to providers of information society services Schedule 1 makes further provision about offences under sections 2A and 3 in relation to persons providing information society services (as defined in paragraph 5 of that 35 schedule). 10 Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Further provision relating to hate crime Reports relating to hate crime 10A Publication of reports on hate crime convictions (1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting year, publish a report on convictions during that reporting year for— 5 (a) offences aggravated by prejudice within the meaning of section 1, and (b) offences under this Act. (2) The Scottish Ministers must provide information about the groups to which the offences relate by including in the report— (a) information about convictions for offences which, by virtue of being offences 10 under section 2A or 3(1), relate to groups defined by reference to race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins, (b) in respect of each conviction for an offence aggravated by prejudice within the meaning of section 1, information about the type of prejudice by which the offence was aggravated (by reference to one or more of the characteristics 15 mentioned in section 1(2)), and (c) in respect of each conviction for an offence under section 3(2), information about the characteristic to which the offence relates (by reference to one or more of the characteristics mentioned in section 3(3)). (3) The Scottish Ministers must— 20 (a) take reasonable steps to establish whether the information provided under subsection (2) about the groups to which the offences relate may be supplemented by information about any subgroups to which the offences relate, including (in particular) where a conviction is for an offence relating to a group defined by reference to— 25 (i) age, the particular age or age range to which the offence relates, (ii) disability, the particular type of disability to which the offence relates, including whether it is a physical impairment or a mental impairment, (iii) race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins, the particular race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or 30 ethnic or national origins to which the offence relates, (iv) religion or, in the case of a social or cultural group, perceived religious affiliation, the particular religion (including lack of religious belief) or religious affiliation to which the offence relates, (v) sexual orientation, whether the offence relates to sexual orientation towards 35 persons of the same sex, towards persons of a different sex, or towards both persons of the same sex and persons of a different sex, (vi) transgender identity, whether the offence relates to identity as a female-to- male transgender person, as a male-to-female transgender person, as a non- binary person, or as a person who cross-dresses, and 40 (b) if they establish that the information provided under subsection (2) may be so supplemented, take reasonable steps to obtain that supplementary information and include it in the report. (4) The report must not include information in respect of any conviction— Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill 11 Part 3—Further provision relating to hate crime (a) which identifies any individual, or (b) from which the identity of any individual may be ascertained. (5) The report may be in any form that the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate and (in particular) may be part of another document. 5 (6) In this section, “reporting year” means a period of one year ending on 31 March. 15A Publication of reports on hate crime recorded by police (A1) The chief constable of the Police Service must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting year, provide the information that the Scottish Ministers require in order to publish a report in accordance with this section. 10 (1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt...