Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group

Overview

The advisory group was established to assist Scottish ministers to undertake the statutory review to evaluate the operation of the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019, as well as to consider a future age of criminal responsibility. The three year review period starts on the day on which section 1 of the Act comes into force.

Related groups

• Age of Criminal Responsibility Programme Board

Members

The following organisations are members of the group:

• Action for Children
• Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice
• COSLA
• Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service
• Disclosure Scotland
• Includem
• CAMHS Lead Clinicians' Group
• National Youth Justice Advisory Group
• Police Scotland
• Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
• Social Work Scotland 
• Together
• Victim Support Scotland
• Children’s Hearings Scotland
• Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service

Documents

• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group update on implementation – COVID-19: August 2020
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group update on implementation – COVID-19: May 2020
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: February 2023
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: October 2022
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: June 2022
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: March 2022
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: November 2021
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: June 2021
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: February 2021
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: January 2020
• Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: August 2019