Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13)

PART 3 S CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Yn ddilys o 13/12/2010

Grant of warrants S

56 Grant of warrants for execution by constables and police members of SCDEA S

(1) A sheriff or justice of the peace does not lack power or jurisdiction to grant a warrant for execution by a person mentioned in subsection (2) solely because the person is not a constable of a police force for a police area lying wholly or partly in the sheriff's or justice's sheriffdom.

(2) The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a) a constable,

(b) police member of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.