Commentary on Parts Part 2 – Sexual Harm Chapter 4 – Sexual risk orders
125.Sections 26 to 36 make provision for the sexual risk order (“SRO”), a civil preventative order designed to protect the public from sexual harm. The order replaces the risk of sexual harm order (RSHO) as provided for by sections 2 to 8 of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”). The person in respect of whom the SRO is made may or may not have a conviction for a sexual (or any other) offence.