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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Supplementary Provision) (Jurisdiction) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 17 December 2021.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019.
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(1) An application under Part 4 of the Act for—
(a) an order under section 36,
(b) a child interview order,
(c) an order under section 63,
may be made only to a sheriff of a sheriffdom specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The specified sheriffdoms are either—
(a) the sheriffdom (if any) in which the child is habitually resident (but only where the behaviour referred to in section 36(2)(a), section 44(2)(a) or section 63(2)(a) of the Act is suspected to have taken place in Scotland), or
(b) the sheriffdom where that behaviour is suspected to have occurred.
CLARE HAUGHEY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th November 2021