SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Amendments connected to Part 2

Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021

schedule 1 paragraph 2 + 2.—(1) The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 3 (interpretation of Part 2), omit the definitions of the following expressions—

schedule 1 paragraph 2 2 a + (a)the 1997 Act;

schedule 1 paragraph 2 2 b + (b)applicant;

schedule 1 paragraph 2 2 c + (c)enhanced criminal record certificate.

(3) In article 4 (limitation on disclosure of information relating to time when person under 12), omit paragraph (1).

(4) In article 5 (referral of information to independent reviewer)—

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 a + (a)in paragraph (1)(a)—

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 a i + (i)for “113B(4) of the 1997 Act” substitute “14A of the Disclosure Act”;

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 a ii + (ii)for “an enhanced criminal record certificate issue under section 113B(1) of that Act” substitute “a Level 2 disclosure”;

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 b + (b)in paragraph (2)—

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 b i + (i)in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “described” to the end of the sub-paragraph substitute “of the disclosure”;

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 b ii + (ii)in sub-paragraph (c), for “enhanced criminal record certificate” substitute “Level 2 disclosure”;

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 c + (c)in paragraph (3), for “an enhanced criminal record certificate” substitute “a Level 2 disclosure”;

schedule 1 paragraph 2 4 d + (d)after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) In this article—

“the applicant” means the person whose application for a disclosure led to the request by the Scottish Ministers mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);

“the Disclosure Act” means the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020;

“Level 2 disclosure” has the meaning given in section 8 of the Disclosure Act;

“purpose of the disclosure” has the meaning given in section 69 of the Disclosure Act.”.