(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.