The Structure & a Summary of the Act Part Three – Victims’ Rights New section 16C
154.Section 16C lists the information that is to be given under section 16A; that is, whether the compulsion order and/or the restriction order has been revoked, whether the decision to revoke the restriction order is under appeal or cannot be appealed against and is therefore final, , the date of death of the offender, whether the compulsion order has been modified, any transfer of the offender to a place outwith Scotland, the conditional discharge of the offender, the terms of restrictions which have been placed on the things that the offender may do as a condition of their conditional discharge (i.e. exclusion zones or “no contact” conditions), or the recall of the offender to hospital following conditional discharge.
155.If the offender is subject to a compulsion order and restriction order authorising detention in hospital, additional information may be disclosed including (a) whether the offender is unlawfully at large from hospital, (b) if they have been returned to hospital after having been unlawfully at large, (c) that suspension of detention has been granted for the first time and does not impose a supervision requirement and (d) where suspension of detention mention in (c) has been revoked. New definitions of what constitutes being granted suspension of detention for the first time are added by inserted section 18A (mentioned below).
156.Information is to be given in a case where the compulsion order and/or restriction order is revoked and that decision is appealed. The information includes whether (a) the Court of Session has decided to allow, or not allow the appeal against the decision to revoke the order in question i.e. Compulsion Order (in this case the Restriction Order will automatically fall) or the Restriction Order only; (b) that the Court of Session’s decision has (i) been appealed against to the Supreme Court, or (ii) has not been appealed against to the Supreme Court. If the Court of Session does not allow the appeal the decision to revoke the order in question is final. (c) that the Supreme Court has allowed, or not allowed, the appeal against the Court of Session’s decision; (d) if the Supreme Court’s decision means the decision to revoke the order has not been set aside, the latter decision is final; and (e) if the Court of Session’s decision or the Supreme Court’s decision means the patient is once more subject to the order, the information provided will include this fact.