Sentencing uncertainty in certain times?
In May, Scottish Power Generation pleaded guilty to a non-fatal breach of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
In sentencing the company the Court applied, for the first time in Scotland, the 2015 Sentencing Council’s Definitive Guidelines on Health and Safety Offences, binding only in England and Wales.
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