18Excluded sentences: convictions prevented from becoming spent
(1)The 1974 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In section 5, in subsection (1)—
(a)in paragraph (b)—
(i)the words “, youth custody” are repealed,
(ii)for “thirty” there is substituted “48”,
(b)in paragraph (d)—
(i)the words from “under” in the first place where it occurs to “or” in the third place where it occurs are repealed,
(ii)for the words “1975” in the first place where they occur there is substituted “1995”,
(iii)the words “section 91 of the said Act of 2000 or” are repealed,
(iv)the words from “or under section 206” to the end are repealed,
(c)after paragraph (d) there is inserted—
“(da)a sentence of detention for a term exceeding 48 months passed under section 207 (detention of young offenders) or 208 (detention of children convicted on indictment) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;”.