Category 1: Registered Sex Offenders (RSOs)
Those offenders convicted of an offence listed in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and required to comply with the Sex Offender Notification Requirements (SONR) set out in Part 2 of the 2003 Act.
Those made subject to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO), or are convicted of a breach of a Risk of Sexual Harm Order (RSHO), and Mentally Disordered Restricted Patients.
This category of offender comprises those patients subject to specific orders or directions as a result of a mental disorder.
Category 2
Not currently utilised in Scotland.
Category 3
Other Risk of Serious Harm Offenders.
Offenders who are not required to comply with the SONR or are a mentally disordered restricted patient; who by reason of their conviction are subject to supervision in the community by any enactment, order or licence; are assessed by the responsible authorities as posing a high or very high risk of serious harm to the public which requires active multi agency management at MAPPA level 2 or 3.