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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022, Paragraph 18.
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18(1)A sheriff court has jurisdiction for all cases which come before it by virtue of this Part.S
(2)A procurator fiscal for a sheriff court district has—
(a)power to prosecute or, as the case may be, represent the interests of the prosecutor in any case that comes before the sheriff court of that district by virtue of this Part,
(b)the like powers in relation to such cases as the prosecutor has for the purposes of other cases that come before the sheriff when exercising criminal jurisdiction.
(3)For the purposes of this Part, a sheriff may, without the need for further commission, exercise the jurisdiction and powers that attach to the office of sheriff in relation to criminal proceedings in every sheriffdom (and the same applies accordingly to any other member of the judiciary, so far as that member has the jurisdiction and powers that attach to the office of sheriff in relation to criminal proceedings).
(4)This Part is without prejudice to sections 4 to 10, 34A and 137C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
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