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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 No. 1458
7.—(1) The independent reviewer may by notice require any person mentioned in paragraph (3) to provide the reviewer with information which the reviewer believes the person holds and which the reviewer considers is necessary to carry out a review under section 18 of the 2019 Act.
(2) A notice under paragraph (1) must specify the information sought and the period within which it must be provided.
(3) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)a chief officer,
(b)a local authority,
(c)Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service,
(d)the Disclosure and Barring Service,
(e)the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland,
(f)any other person the independent reviewer considers appropriate.
(4) If provision of the type mentioned in section 23(2)(d) of the 2019 Act is in force, a person required under paragraph (1) to provide information to the independent reviewer must do so within the time period specified by virtue .of that section.
(5) In paragraph (3), “local authority” means a local authority in England and Wales as defined (in relation to England and Wales) in section 1 of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970(1).
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