Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

9 In section 18 (appeals relating to approvals)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “court” insert “(in Scotland, to the sheriff)”;

(b) in subsection (4), the existing words from “a magistrates'” to “Crown Court” become paragraph (a) and after that paragraph insert “or

(b) the sheriff makes a decision on an appeal under that subsection, an appeal to the Sheriff Principal,”; and

(c) in subsection (5)(d), the existing words from “the appropriate” to the end become sub-paragraph (i) and after that sub-paragraph add “or

(ii) the sheriff or the Sheriff Principal may direct pending an appeal from a determination made on an appeal to the sheriff.”