The RMA facilitated Scottish Ministers in bringing into force the Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR) provided for in Section 210F of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (as inserted by Section 1 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.
The OLR legislation came into force on 20 June 2006. Where the High Court considers that the risk criteria are met, a Risk Assessment Order (RAO) may be made after conviction and the resultant risk assessment report will inform the Court's judgement on whether an OLR should be imposed. Under an RAO, a Risk Assessment Report (RAR) has to be prepared for the Court by an assessor accredited by the RMA.
Our competency framework and application process for accrediting persons is set out in the full application pack which is available here.
Periods of accreditation will be for 12 months initially, and thereafter for 3 years.