S. 45H inserted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), ss. 88(3), 97 (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

S. 47H renumbered as s. 45H (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 2(4); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/14/section/47HProtection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007An Act of the Scottish Parliament to bar certain individuals from working with children or certain adults; to require the Scottish Ministers to keep lists of those individuals; to make further provision in relation to those lists; to establish a scheme under which information about individuals working or seeking to work with children or certain adults is collated and disclosed; to amend Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; to amend the meaning of school care accommodation service in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-28Expert Participation2026-04-01Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007s. 13A-13CDisclosure (Scotland) Act 2020s. 76(2)s. 96s. 97Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007sch. 2 para. 31(1)Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024sch. para. 25(2)(a)(i)s. 38(3)Part 2Vetting and disclosureThe Scheme
45HOffences outside Scotland(1)

This section applies where an offence is committed under section 45C, 45D, 45E or 45F outside Scotland.

(2)

The person committing the offence may be prosecuted, tried and punished for the offence—

(a)

in a sheriff court district in which the person is apprehended or in custody, or

(b)

in a sheriff court district determined by the Lord Advocate,

as if the offence had been committed in that district.

(3)

The offence is, for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial and punishment, deemed to have been committed in that district.