The Structure and a Summary of the Act
5.The Act is in 5 Parts and 2 Schedules.
6.Part 1 provides for the expansion of the current electronic monitoring regime, including facilitating the introduction of new technologies, increasing the options available to manage and monitor offenders in the community.
7.Part 2 provides for a reduction in the length of period during which people have to disclose their offending history, while still protecting public safety. This will help individuals to break the cycle of offending by assisting their attempts to, for example, gain employment or attend university or college.
8.Part 3 provides reforms designed to simplify and modernise processes, and support consistency of approach in relation to parole matters and the Parole Board for Scotland.
9.Part 4 provides for matters related to the release of prisoners from custody, introducing a new offence of remaining unlawfully at large and making changes to Home Detention Curfew (HDC) eligibility and powers of recall.
10.Part 5 deals with some standard final matters for the Act.
11.Schedule 1 makes additional and consequential provision in relation to certain community orders and other orders made by a criminal court.
12.Schedule 2 makes a number of minor and consequential amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.