Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (2021 asp 14)
- Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (2021 asp 14)
- PART 1 Aggravation of offences by prejudice
- 1 Aggravation of offences by prejudice
- 2 Consequences of aggravation by prejudice
- PART 2 Offence of racially aggravated harassment
- 3 Racially aggravated harassment
- PART 3 Offences relating to stirring up hatred
- Offences of stirring up hatred
- 4 Offences of stirring up hatred
- Further provision relating to the offences
- 5 Powers of entry etc. with warrant
- 6 Recording conviction for offence under section 4
- 7 Forfeiture and disposal of material to which offence relates
- 8 Individual culpability where organisation commits offence
- 9 Protection of freedom of expression
- 10 Interpretation of Part 3
- PART 4 Further provision relating to hate crime
- The characteristics
- 11 Meaning of the characteristics
- 12 Power to add the characteristic of sex
- Providers of information society services
- 13 Provision in relation to providers of information society services
- Reports relating to hate crime
- 14 Publication of reports on hate crime convictions
- 15 Publication of reports on hate crime recorded by police
- PART 5 Abolition of the offence of blasphemy
- 16 Abolition of the offence of blasphemy
- PART 6 General provisions
- 17 Ancillary provision
- 18 Modifications of enactments
- 19 Crown application: criminal offences
- 20 Crown application: powers of entry
- 21 Commencement
- 22 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 Offences under sections 3 and 4: information society services
- Exceptions for mere conduits
- Exception for caching
- Exception for hosting
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 2 Modifications of enactments
- Public Order Act 1986
- Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998
- Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003
- Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009
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