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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 30 November 2020.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 2005 Act” means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005,
 “the 2019 Act” means the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019,
 “Licensing Board” means a Board continued in existence by or established under section 5 of the 2005 Act.
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30 November 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2019 Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table).
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(1) Until the coming into force of section 52 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (relevant offences and foreign offences: spent convictions), for the purposes of any relevant matter the provisions of the 2019 Act which are commenced by these Regulations have no effect in relation to a conviction.
(2) In paragraph (1), “relevant matter” means—
(a) any application (and determination of any such application) under the 2005 Act,
(b) any notice given under any provision of the 2005 Act,
(c) any proceedings before a Licensing Board under the 2005 Act,
(d) any appeal in relation to a decision made by a Licensing Board under the 2005 Act.
H YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House
Edinburgh
19th August 2020
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


Column 1(Provisions of the 2019 Act) Column 2(Subject matter)
Section 17 Effect of expiry of disclosure periods
Section 18 Excluded sentences: convictions prevented from becoming spent
Section 19 Disclosure periods for particular sentences
Section 20 Table A – disclosure periods: ordinary cases
Section 21 Table B – disclosure periods: service sentences
Section 22 Disclosure period: caution for good behaviour
Section 23 Disclosure period: particular court orders
Section 24 Disclosure period: adjournment or deferral
Section 25 Disclosure period: mental health orders
Section 26 Disclosure period: compulsion orders
Section 27 Disclosure period: juvenile offenders
Section 28 Disclosure period: service discipline
Section 29 Sentences to which no disclosure period applies
Section 30 Disclosure periods applicable to convictions
Section 31 Powers as to alternatives to prosecution
Section 33 Excluded sentences: applications for convictions to be treated as spent
Section 34 Regulations under section 33: general details
Section 35 Regulations under section 33: appropriate period
Section 36 Regulations under sections 33 and 35: procedure etc.
Section 37 Transitional provision
Section 38 Remainder of amendments
Schedule 2 Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974