In addition to consolidation, the Bill seeks to modernise and extend existing hate crime legislation by: • including age as an additional characteristic in new provisions for the aggravation of offences by prejudice under Part 1 of the Bill (existing aggravations, which the new provisions will replace, apply only in relation to disability, race, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity); SP Bill 67–DPM 1 Session 5 (2021) This document relates to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 67A) as amended at Stage 2 • creating new offences relating to stirring up hatred in Part 2 of the Bill that will apply in relation to all listed characteristics, including age, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity and variations in sex characteristics (existing offences, which these new relation to race); offences will largely replace, apply only in • updating the definition of transgender identity in Parts 1 and 2 of the Bill, including removing the term ‘intersexuality’ and creating a separate category for variations in sex characteristics; • including a power to enable the characteristic of sex to be added to the lists of characteristics referred to in Parts 1 and/or 2 of the Bill by regulations at a later date...