
1 
This Order may be cited as the Victim Notification Scheme (Scotland) Order 2008 and comes into force on 15th May 2008.
2 
In section 16 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (victim’s right to receive information concerning release etc. of offender)–
(a) in subsection 1(a) for “four or more years” substitute “18 months or more”; and
(b) in subsection (3)–
(i) the word “and” where it appears at the end of paragraph (d) is repealed; and
(ii) after paragraph (e) there is inserted–“
 ; and
(f) where the convicted person–
(i) was released as described in paragraph (a) or was unlawfully at large as described in paragraph (e), and
(ii) subsequently has been returned to a prison or young offenders institution to continue serving the sentence,the date of the person’s return.”
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th May 2008