Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act

The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009
completely recasts the substantive law of
sexual offences in Scotland and abolishes the
former offences. This full-scale overhaul of
the law means that you need to keep
entirely up-to-date with these changes and
be sure that you are working with information
which is current and correct.

Publishing in the Greens Annotated Acts
series, the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act
2009 completely revises the law relating to
sexual offences in Scotland, beginning with
a detailed introduction to, and overview of,
the new changes.

The full text of the Act is included and
detailed section-by-section commentary,
under reference to the Scottish Law
Commission Report on which it is based,
helps you make sense of this new legislation,
including rape and all other sexual offences,
such as those against children.

Particular consideration is given to the effect
of the new provisions on consent. There are
also explanations of the Bill given to the
Scottish Parliament by the Scottish
Government.

This new book provides crucial guidance to
criminal practitioners, police and all other
professionals involved with the prosecution
of criminal offences.