{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2019/7",
  "legislation_title": "Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Application for order authorising search in relation to child under 12",
  "text": "(1) A constable may apply to the sheriff for an order under section 36 authorising a search in relation to a child under 12 years of age.\n(2) An application for an order under section 36 must—\n(a) identify the applicant,\n(b) identify the child in respect of whom the order is sought,\n(c) in so far as is practicable, identify a parent of the child,\n(d) state the grounds on which the application is made,\n(e) be accompanied by supporting evidence, whether documentary or otherwise, sufficient to enable the sheriff to determine the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 2004 c. 20, s. 56B (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 1987 c. 4, s. 2E (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 2003 c. 20, s. 31B (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 34 in force at 17.12.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/449, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/7/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:03.227387+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}