Order for Lifelong Restriction

An Order for Lifelong Restriction is a

Process

Orders for Lifelong Restriction were implemented by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, which gives a judge of the High Court of Justiciary the power to impose a sentence for serious violent and sexual offences, that includes the life imprisonment or detention of the offender. A judge of the High Court, either on their own initiative or at the request of the prosecutor, will issue a Risk Assessment Order and require the Risk Management Authority to assess the risk posed by serious offenders, and will provide a Risk Assessment Report to the High Court. The judge may then issue an Order for Lifelong Restriction, at which point the authority will have to draw up a Risk Management Plan for the offender. After sentencing, the offender is subject to a process of risk assessment and risk management by the Risk Management Authority through a Risk Management Plan, which includes ways to manage the risks from the offender in prison and, where allowed by risk assessment, through release on licence. Should an offender be released from prison or detention they will be subject to more intensive supervision, treatment, and monitoring.^[1][2]

Parole

Offenders who are in prison as a consequence of an Order for Lifelong Restriction must still have their case for

The Criminal Procedure Rules were modified by Act of Adjournal in 2006 to give effect to:^[5]

• A prosecutor's right to request a Risk Assessment Order
• A prosecutor's right to appeal against the imposition on Order for Lifelong Restriction
• A convict's right to object to the Risk Assessment Order and to an Order for Lifelong Restriction

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