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Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019

Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019

2019 asp 14

The Structure and a Summary of the Act

Part 4 – Prisoners: Control of Release, Being Unlawfully at Large Etc.

Section 56 – Co-operation between public authorities

192.Section 56 amends the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2005 so that Scottish Ministers, local authorities, the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service and the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland, have a duty to cooperate with one another in carrying out their respective functions in relation to relevant persons as defined in the 2005 Act (such co-operation may include exchange of information).

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