C HAPTER 4 F URTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO RECALL Courts to notify Presiding Officer about matters relevant to the criminal-offence ground 30 18 Notice if member convicted (1) A court must give notice to the Presiding Officer when— (a) a member has been convicted of an offence, (b) in respect of that offence, the court sentences or orders the member to be imprisoned or detained, and 35 (c) assuming that conviction, sentence or order is not materially overturned on appeal, the criminal-offence ground will apply in relation to the member as a result. 11 Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill Part 1—Recall of members of the Scottish Parliament Chapter 4—Further provision in relation to recall (2) But subsection (1) does not require notice to be given if, subsequent to the sentence being imposed or the order made, the convicted person has vacated the seat in the Parliament that the person held at the time of conviction. (3) A notice under subsection (1) is to state— 5 (a) the name of the member, (b) the basis on which the court considers that the conviction and the sentence or order causes the criminal-offence ground to apply in relation to the member, and (c) whether an appeal may...