2021 No. 420

Children And Young Persons
Justice

The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Supplementary Provision) (Jurisdiction) Regulations 2021

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(1) of the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 20191 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

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.

Jurisdiction under Part 4 of the Act2

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 HAUGHEYAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide that an application for a search order, child interview order or order for the taking of forensic samples under the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 may be made either in the sheriffdom (if any) where the child is habitually resident or in the sheriffdom where the suspected behaviour by the child giving rise to the application is thought to have taken place. The 2019 Act itself does not contain provision setting out the basis of a sheriff’s jurisdiction.