Prospective

Part 7 S Sexual Offences Court

Chapter 1 S Establishment, jurisdiction and Judges of the Sexual Offences Court

Jurisdiction and competence S

70 Jurisdiction and competence: general S

(1) The Sexual Offences Court has jurisdiction and competence to hear and determine cases to such extent as is provided by or under—

(a) this Act, or

(b) any other enactment.

(2) The Sexual Offences Court’s jurisdiction and competence is exercisable, at sittings of the Court, by one or more of—

(a) the Lord Justice General,

(b) the Lord Justice Clerk,

(c) a Judge of the Sexual Offences Court.

(3) The Sexual Offences Court has all such powers as are, under the law of Scotland, inherently possessed by a court of law for the purposes of the discharge of its jurisdiction and competence and giving full effect to its decisions.

(4) Subsection (3) is subject to any provision of this Act or any other enactment that restricts or excludes any power of the Sexual Offences Court in determining or disposing of a case.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 70 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 116(2)