Legal background Sentencing and release: Scotland Order for Lifelong Restriction
Orders for Lifelong Restriction were implemented by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, and provide a type of life sentence to be imposed where an offender has been convicted of a serious violent offence other than murder, a serious sexual offence, an offence which endangers life, or an offence which indicates a tendency to serious violent, sexual or life-endangering offending. The court sets the punishment part of the sentence, which is the minimum term to be served in custody. The Parole Board for Scotland will consider release at the end of this tariff period, and on release the offender will remain under intensive supervision, treatment and monitoring by a criminal justice social worker.