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Version date: 1 March 2016 - onwards

22B. Powers of High Court of Justiciary and sheriff to vary orders on conviction

(1) Subsection (2) applies where -

(a) the High Court of Justiciary (the "High Court") is dealing with a person who -

(i) has been convicted by or before the High Court of having committed a serious offence in Scotland, or

(ii) has been convicted by or before the sheriff of having committed a serious offence in Scotland and by virtue of section 195 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 has been remitted by the sheriff to the High Court for sentencing; or

(b) the sheriff is dealing with a person who has been convicted by or before the sheriff of having committed a serious offence in Scotland.

(2) The High Court or (as the case may be) the sheriff may -

(a) in the case of a person who is the subject of a serious crime prevention order in Scotland; and

(b) in addition to dealing with the person in relation to the offence,