Section 5H: Disclosure period: orders relating to juvenile offenders

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 · 1974 c.53

5H(1)

Where, in respect of a conviction, an order mentioned in subsection (2) was imposed on a person, the disclosure period applicable to the sentence is 1 year from the date of the conviction.

5H(2)

The order is an order under section 61 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937—

(a) to send the person to an approved school, or

(b) to commit the person to the care of a fit person.

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