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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
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[F1Alcohol treatment requirementS
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 227A-227ZN and cross-headings inserted (1.2.2011 except for the insertion of s. 227ZM, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 14(1), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch. (with art. 3(1))
227VAlcohol treatment requirementS
(1)In this Act, an “alcohol treatment requirement” is, in relation to an offender, a requirement that the offender must submit, during the specified period, to treatment by or under the direction of a specified person with a view to the reduction or elimination of the offender's dependency on alcohol.
(2)The treatment to which an offender may be required to submit under an alcohol treatment requirement is such of the kinds of treatment described in subsection (3) as is specified (but otherwise the nature of the treatment is not to be specified).
(3)Those kinds of treatment are—
(a)treatment as a resident in such institution or other place as is specified,
(b)treatment as a non-resident at such institution or other place, and at such intervals, as is specified,
(c)treatment by or under the direction of such person as is specified.
(4)The person specified under subsection (1) or (3)(c) must be a person who has the necessary qualifications or experience in relation to the treatment to be provided.
(5)The specified period must not be longer than the period specified in the offender supervision requirement to be imposed at the same time as the alcohol treatment requirement (by virtue of section 227G(2)(b)).
(6)A court may impose an alcohol treatment requirement on an offender only if the court is satisfied that—
(a)the offender is dependent on alcohol,
(b)the dependency requires, and may be susceptible to, treatment, and
(c)arrangements have been, or can be, made for the proposed treatment, including, where the treatment is to be of the kind mentioned in subsection (3)(a), arrangements for the offender's reception in the institution or other place to be specified.
(7) In this section, “ specified ”, in relation to an alcohol treatment requirement, means specified in the requirement. ]
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