(1)The Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 20E—
(a)in subsection (2), at the end, insert “or, provided the individual has completed an approved course of training on trauma-informed practice in sexual offence cases, as a judge of the Sexual Offences Court”,
(b)in subsection (4), for “or the High Court of Justiciary” substitute “, the High Court of Justiciary or the Sexual Offences Court”,
(c)after subsection (5), insert—
“(6)In this section, “approved course of training” means a training course which is approved by the Lord Justice General for the purpose of appointment to the office of Judge of the Sexual Offences Court.”.