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#2026/141Suçluların Rehabilitasyonu Yasası 1974 (Hariç Tutmalar ve İstisnalar) (Aile İçi Cinayet ve İntihar İncelemeleri) (İskoçya) Değişiklik Emri 2026

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Instrument·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law updates existing rules about when past offenses can be ignored in Scotland, specifically for cases involving domestic homicides and suicides. It allows for reviews of these tragic events to help understand what happened and prevent future incidents. This affects individuals involved in domestic violence cases and the justice system.

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Key Changes

  • Amends the 2013 Order to include provisions for domestic homicide and suicide reviews.
  • Establishes a framework for learning lessons from domestic violence incidents.
  • Clarifies the exceptions to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act in the context of these reviews.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Amend the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 to incorporate new exceptions for domestic homicide and suicide reviews

Scottish Government and relevant regulatory bodies administering the 2013 Order
operational
high

Establish and conduct domestic homicide and suicide reviews under Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025

Designated review bodies and agencies responsible for implementing the 2025 Act in Scotland
operational
high

Disclose spent convictions and relevant criminal history records for purposes of domestic homicide and suicide reviews as permitted under the amended 2013 Order

Police, prosecution services, and custodians of criminal records in Scotland
disclosure
medium

Allow review participants and investigators to access previously non-disclosable spent conviction information in connection with domestic homicide and suicide review proceedings

Review bodies, investigating agencies, and criminal justice institutions in Scotland
operational

Affected Parties

Individuals involved in domestic violence casesVictims' families+2 more…

Tags

domestic violence,homicide reviews,suicide prevention