170 Notification orders: Scotland
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170  Notification orders: Scotland

(1)     The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 97 (notification orders: applications and grounds)—

(a)     in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a)—

(i)     for the words from “A chief officer of police” to “police area” substitute “The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland (“the chief constable”) may by application to any sheriff”, and

(ii)     omit “(“the defendant”)”,

(b)     in subsection (1)(a)—

(i)     for “him” substitute “the chief constable”, and

(ii)     for “defendant” substitute “person”,

(c)     in subsection (1)(b)—

(i)     for “defendant”, in both places it occurs, substitute “person”,

(ii)     for “his police area”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Scotland”, and

(iii)     for “chief officer” substitute “chief constable”,

(d)     in subsection (2)—

(i)     for “he”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the person”, and

(ii)

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