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Explanatory note

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(This is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the sheriff courts of Ayr, Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, and the High Court sitting at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock for the purposes of section 14(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.

The effect of the Order is that a victim statement may be made where proceedings in respect of an offence are to be taken or are likely to be taken in one of the prescribed courts.