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    Controversial hate crime law comes into effect

    by Craig Paton Mar 31, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    The Scottish Government’s controversial new hate crime law came into effect on Monday.

    The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was passed by MSPs in 2021, consolidating existing hate crime legislation and creating a new offence of stirring up hatred against protected characteristics, although sex has been omitted in favour of a standalone Bill designed to tackle misogyny.

    A stirring up offence on the basis of race has been on the statute book in Scotland since 1986.

    But the

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