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The department is headed by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Charles_III_of_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles III of the United Kingdom">His Majesty</a>'s <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Advocate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a>, who under the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scots_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scots law">Scottish legal system</a> is responsible for prosecution, along with the sheriffdom <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Procurators_fiscal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Procurators fiscal">procurators fiscal</a>. In Scotland, virtually all prosecution of criminal offences is undertaken by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Crown?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Crown">the Crown</a>. Private prosecutions are extremely rare.</p> <table class="infobox"> <caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;"> Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service </caption> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service_logo.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service_logo.svg/220px-Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service_logo.svg/330px-Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service_logo.svg.png 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srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Edinburgh_-_Edinburgh%252C_23-25_Chambers_Street%252C_Crown_Office_-_20140421181459.jpg/330px-Edinburgh_-_Edinburgh%252C_23-25_Chambers_Street%252C_Crown_Office_-_20140421181459.jpg 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Edinburgh_-_Edinburgh%252C_23-25_Chambers_Street%252C_Crown_Office_-_20140421181459.jpg/440px-Edinburgh_-_Edinburgh%252C_23-25_Chambers_Street%252C_Crown_Office_-_20140421181459.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2756"></a></span><br> Crown Office, Chambers Street</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th> <td class="infobox-data">25 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chambers_Street,_Edinburgh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chambers Street, Edinburgh">Chambers Street</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edinburgh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th> <td class="infobox-data">1650</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th> <td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li>£120.7 million (2019-2020)</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th> <td class="infobox-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dorothy_Bain?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dorothy Bain">Dorothy Bain</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Queen%27s_Counsel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Counsel">KC</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Advocate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th> <td class="infobox-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">John Logue, Crown Agent</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent agency</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Government?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th> <td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.copfs.gov.uk/">www<wbr>.copfs<wbr>.gov<wbr>.uk</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5189419%23P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at 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href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Scotland_in_the_UK_and_Europe.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="{{{map_alt}}}" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Scotland_in_the_UK_and_Europe.svg/220px-Scotland_in_the_UK_and_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Scotland_in_the_UK_and_Europe.svg/330px-Scotland_in_the_UK_and_Europe.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Scotland_in_the_UK_and_Europe.svg/440px-Scotland_in_the_UK_and_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="1720"></a></span> <div class="infobox-caption"> Scotland in the UK and Europe </div></td> </tr> <tr style="display:none"> <th colspan="2"></th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"> <div style="border:4px solid #87CEEB; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Listed_building?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Scotland" title="Listed building">Listed Building</a> – Category B </div></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th> <td class="infobox-data">25 Chambers Street, Crown Office (Former Heriot Watt University)<sup id="cite_ref-HES_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-HES-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th> <td class="infobox-data">29 April 1977<span class="noprint">; 47 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1977-04-29</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-HES_1-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-HES-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th> <td class="infobox-data">LB27981<sup id="cite_ref-HES_1-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-HES-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr style="display:none"> <th colspan="2"></th> </tr> <tr style="display:none"> <td 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.sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <p>The Service's jurisdiction covers all of Scotland, and includes investigation and prosecution of criminal offences, sudden or suspicious deaths, and criminal conduct by the police. It also includes assessment and possession of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bona_vacantia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bona vacantia">bona vacantia</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Treasure_trove?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Treasure trove">treasure trove</a>. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Advocate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a> is assisted by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General for Scotland</a>, both of whom are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Law_Officers?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Law Officers">Law Officers</a>. The day-to-day running of the Service is carried out by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chief_Executive?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Crown Agent & Chief Executive</a> and an executive board who are based in the service headquarters at Crown Office in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chambers_Street_(Edinburgh)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Chambers Street (Edinburgh)">Chambers Street</a>, Edinburgh. The Service employs both <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Civil Service (United Kingdom)">civil servants</a> who carry out administrative and other duties and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solicitors?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Solicitors">solicitors</a> and advocates who represent the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Crown?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Crown">Crown</a> in Court.</p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Prosecutors"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Prosecutors</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Lord_Advocate_and_Solicitor_General_for_Scotland"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Crown_Agent,_King's_and_Lord_Treasurer's_Remembrancer_and_Chief_Executive"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Crown Agent, King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer and Chief Executive</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Advocate_deputes"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Advocate deputes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Procurators_fiscal"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Procurators fiscal</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Prosecution_of_crimes"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Prosecution of crimes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#COPFS_Functions"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">COPFS Functions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Victim_Information_and_Advice_Service"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Victim Information and Advice Service</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button 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There are references on record to a king's procurator-fiscal in 1434 and 1457, and a queen's advocate in 1462. An office of king's advocate dates from 1478 but between 1478 and 1494 there are references to "advocates" (unnamed) and it is only from 1494 that one can be sure that there was a single king's advocate as the normal representative of the king in treason trials and in civil litigation. The office thus dates back to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scotland_in_the_Middle_Ages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scotland in the Middle Ages">mediaeval</a> times, with the earliest <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Advocate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a> being John Ross of Montgrenan, whom the King appointed as his commissioner at a hearing in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stirling?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stirling">Stirling</a> in 1476, then as procurator for another case in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edinburgh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> in the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The history of the procurator fiscal is similarly difficult to set down with exactness, though the role has developed significantly over time. The first documentary reference appears in the Records of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Parliament of Scotland">Parliament of Scotland</a> for 22 August 1584, naming several procurators fiscal in Edinburgh. The fiscal was an officer appointed by, and accountable to, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff">Sheriff</a>, who by the 18th century was responsible for most prosecutions in local areas. By the 19th century, advocates depute were first appointed, to assist him in conducting cases in the High Court of Justiciary and the Crown Office was first established. This became the centre of the prosecution system, and it was to the Lord Advocate now to whom the procurators fiscal were responsible, evidenced by the "Book of Regulations" issued by him to procurators fiscal providing instructions about how to conduct their business.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Book of Regulations is still used today in providing the framework for local prosecution in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Prosecutors">Prosecutors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Prosecutors" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Lord_Advocate_and_Solicitor_General_for_Scotland">Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Advocate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General for Scotland</a> </div> <p>As well as departmental management responsibility, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Advocate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a> is directly responsible for prosecuting the most serious crimes, in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a> at first instance and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">Court of Criminal Appeal</a>. Unless the cases are of especial importance, such as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pan Am Flight 103">Lockerbie trial</a> held at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Court_in_the_Netherlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Court in the Netherlands">Camp Zeist</a> in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Netherlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, the prosecutions are normally (but not always) led by Advocates Depute who are known collectively as Crown Counsel and are experienced members of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Faculty_of_Advocates?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Faculty of Advocates">Faculty of Advocates</a> normally appointed for a limited period of three years. Their decision to prosecute in this way is taken in the light of the Procurator Fiscal's recommendations and a report prepared by the police, and any such reports are subject to the direction of the Lord Advocate.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This prosecutorial role can not be removed from her by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Parliament?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>.</p> <p>The Lord Advocate is the senior of the two Scottish Law Officers, and is the chief legal adviser to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Government?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> as well as representing its ministers in civil proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also responsible under the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a> for ensuring that each <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Act_of_the_Scottish_Parliament?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Act of the Scottish Parliament">Act of the Scottish Parliament</a> is within the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jurisdiction?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jurisdiction">competence</a> of that Parliament. Additionally, the Lord Advocate, along with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General for Scotland</a> are <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ex_officio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> entitled to participate (but not vote) in proceedings of the Scottish Parliament to the extent permitted by standing orders.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Solicitor General can act as the deputy for the Lord Advocate.</p> <p>The Lord Advocate and Solicitor General are one of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Great_Officers_of_State?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Great Officers of State">Great Officers of State</a> in Scotland, and the Lord Advocate is one of the Scottish Ministers, though since 23 May 2007 the Lord Advocate has not attended the cabinet of the Scottish Government. The position of Lord Advocate has been the subject of controversy, most notably sparked by Scottish High Court judges, wanting the ministerial and prosecutorial role to be separated.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><span class="anchor" id="Crown_Agent"></span></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Crown_Agent,_King's_and_Lord_Treasurer's_Remembrancer_and_Chief_Executive"><span id="Crown_Agent.2C_King.27s_and_Lord_Treasurer.27s_Remembrancer_and_Chief_Executive"></span>Crown Agent, King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer and Chief Executive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Crown Agent, King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer and Chief Executive" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The Crown Agent is the principal legal adviser to the Lord Advocate on prosecution matters, as well as serving as Chief Executive for the department.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Logue_9-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-John_Logue-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Crown Agent acts as the principal legal adviser to the Lord Advocate in all legal proceedings in which the Lord Advocate appears as representing his or her own department, and issues general instructions from and on behalf of the Lord Advocate for the guidance of Crown counsel, procurators fiscal, sheriff clerks and other public officials.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Crown Agent also transmits instructions from Crown counsel to procurators fiscal about prosecutions, and, subject to the direction of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Principal_Clerk_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Clerk of Justiciary">Principal Clerk of Justiciary</a>, arranges sittings of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>. At trials in the High Court in Edinburgh, the Crown Agent attends as instructing solicitor. The Crown Agent is ultimately responsible for serious crime committed and re–offending as well as ensuring all deaths reported to the procurator fiscal service are investigated whilst providing support services and information to victims and witnesses.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Logue_9-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-John_Logue-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Crown Agent also holds the office of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/King%27s_and_Lord_Treasurer%27s_Remembrancer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer">King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer</a>, and all property that falls to the Crown as a result of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bona_vacantia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bona vacantia">bona vacantia</a> in Scotland is his responsibility, as is <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Treasure_trove?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Treasure trove">treasure trove</a>. The post of KLTR was created in 1837 by the amalgamation of two existing posts created in 1707 – the King's/Queen's Remembrancer and the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, and has been held since 1981 by the holder of the office of Crown Agent.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Advocate_deputes">Advocate deputes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Advocate deputes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>At the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a> prosecutions are brought by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_Advocate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a>, who is represented in Court by an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Advocate Depute">Advocate Depute</a>. Advocate Deputes are either <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solicitor-advocates?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Solicitor-advocates">solicitor-advocates</a> to whom rights of audience in the High Court have been given by that Court or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocates?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Advocates">advocates</a>.</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Procurators_fiscal">Procurators fiscal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Procurators fiscal" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Procurator_fiscal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Procurator fiscal">Procurator fiscal</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Old_Courthouse,_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg/220px-Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="424"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg/220px-Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg/330px-Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg/440px-Old_Courthouse%2C_Kilmarnock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1610366.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> Procurator Fiscal office in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kilmarnock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>For the majority of crimes in Scotland a procurator fiscal or fiscal depute presents the case for the prosecution in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff court">sheriff court</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Justice of the peace court">justice of the peace courts</a>, and the case for the defence is presented either by the accused's own solicitor or by one from the Public Defence Solicitors' Office, a part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Legal_Aid_Board?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Legal Aid Board">Scottish Legal Aid Board</a>.</p> <p>Procurators fiscal make preliminary investigations into criminal cases, take written statements from witnesses (known as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Precognition_(Scots_law)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Precognition (Scots law)">precognition</a>) and are responsible for the investigation and prosecution of crime. This includes the power to direct the police in their investigation, but except for serious crimes such as murder the police normally complete their enquiries before involving the procurator fiscal.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the most serious cases, once someone has been charged with an offence and remanded in custody, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Crown?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Crown">the Crown</a> must bring the case to court within 110 days or the accused will be admitted to bail. In serious cases (known as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solemn_procedure?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Solemn procedure">solemn procedure</a> with a jury as opposed to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Summary_procedure?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Summary procedure">summary procedure</a> without) where the accused is admitted to bail, the trial must commence within 12 months of the date of first appearance in court.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Procurator_fiscal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Procurator fiscal">Procurators fiscal</a> work in the local <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriffdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriffdom">sheriffdom</a> and most of the fiscal offices in Scotland are either in or near the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff court">sheriff court</a>. The procurator fiscal is also responsible for the investigation of all sudden, suspicious and unexplained deaths in Scotland. This includes the decision to call a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fatal_accident_inquiry?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fatal accident inquiry">fatal accident inquiry</a>. The procurator fiscal is also responsible for the independent investigation of criminal police complaints made in that sherrifdom (administrative complaints are handled by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Police_Investigations_and_Review_Commissioner?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Police Investigations and Review Commissioner">Police Investigations and Review Commissioner</a> (PIRC)).</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Prosecution_of_crimes">Prosecution of crimes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Prosecution of crimes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scots_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scots law">law</a> in Scotland does not say that a crime must be prosecuted and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Procurator_fiscal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Procurator fiscal">procurators fiscals</a> have considerable discretion over what action to take. If they decide to prosecute a case, they can choose the level at which to prosecute (either through <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Indictable_offence?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Indictable offence">solemn</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Summary_offence?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Summary offence">summary</a> procedure) with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Defendant?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Defendant">accused</a> having no right to choose a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jury_trial?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jury trial">jury trial</a> or for a victim to decide whether or not to press charges, as the decision on whether to try and by which method belongs to the prosecutor as "Master of the Instance".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jones,_T.H_2008_18-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Jones,_T.H_2008-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1987, however, their discretion only extended to the degree to which they should prosecute, if at all; there were no alternatives to prosecution. The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 gave procurators fiscal the power to offer fixed penalties instead of prosecution (a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fiscal_fine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fiscal fine">fiscal fine</a>), at the time limited to a maximum of £25 and subsequently increased to £300.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Since then these options have expanded to giving a warning, fiscal fines, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reparation_(legal)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reparation (legal)">compensation orders</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Work_order?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Work order">work orders</a>, road traffic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fixed_penalty_notice?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fixed penalty notice">fixed penalties</a> or diversion from prosecution into <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Social_work?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Social work">social work</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Psychological_counselling?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychological counselling">psychological counselling</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Psychiatry?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Psychiatry">psychiatric treatment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="COPFS_Functions">COPFS Functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: COPFS Functions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>COPFS is organised into functions namely Local Court, High Court, Specialist Casework and Operational Support each of which is led by a Deputy Crown Agent. Within the Local Court function there are six Sheriffdom Procurators Fiscal who are responsible for the consideration and prosecution of criminal casework within the Sheriff and Justice of the Peace courts. Within Local Court there is also a National Initial Case Processing Unit which specialises in the decision making of summary level cases reported to COPFS by Police Scotland and other specialist reporting agencies.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Victim_Information_and_Advice_Service">Victim Information and Advice Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=9&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Victim Information and Advice Service" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>Victim Information and Advice Service (VIA) is a dedicated and specialised victim information and advice service within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. VIA was created to provide information to victims, bereaved next of kin and keeping them informed about the progress of a case. It also has a duty to advise on and facilitate referral to other agencies for specialist support and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Psychotherapy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Psychotherapy">counselling</a> as required.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> VIA works closely with other statutory agencies, such as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_police?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British police">Police</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Courts of Scotland">Courts</a> and with voluntary organisations, such as Court Witness Service, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women%27s_Aid?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Women's Aid">Women's Aid</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Victim_Support?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Victim Support">Victim Support</a>, and is a unique service in the Scottish criminal justice system.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service&action=edit&section=10&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Crown_Prosecution_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Crown Prosecution Service">Crown Prosecution Service</a>, equivalent body in England and Wales</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Public_Prosecution_Service_for_Northern_Ireland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland">Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland</a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.copfs.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Our+leadership+and+structure&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.copfs.gov.uk%2Fabout-copfs%2Four-structure%2F%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThe%2520current%2520Crown%2520Agent%2520is%2Cwith%2520the%2520COPFS%2520in%25201994.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.kltr.gov.uk/">"KLTR Overview - King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer"</a>. <i>kltr.gov.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=kltr.gov.uk&rft.atitle=KLTR+Overview+-+King%27s+and+Lord+Treasurer%27s+Remembrancer&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kltr.gov.uk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"When a crime is committed it is the responsibility of the Procurator Fiscal to investigate it." <i>Lord Justice Clerk Thomson Smith</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.gov.scot/hmic/docs/afcp-05.asp">"The investigation of complaints against the police in Scotland: A Fair Cop?"</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Government?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.hingstons.co.uk/laws-Procurator%2520Fiscal%2520-%2520Powers-no.html">the original</a> on 28 May 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 August</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Procurator+Fiscal+-+%22Powers%22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hingstons.co.uk%2Flaws-Procurator%2520Fiscal%2520-%2520Powers-no.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006175832/http://www.crownoffice.gov.uk/About/roles/pf-role/prosecution/110-day-rule">"Investigation and Prosecution of Crime: 110/140 Day Rule"</a>. <i>Crown Office</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.crownoffice.gov.uk/About/roles/pf-role/prosecution/110-day-rule">the original</a> on 6 October 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Crown+Office&rft.atitle=Investigation+and+Prosecution+of+Crime%3A+110%2F140+Day+Rule&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crownoffice.gov.uk%2FAbout%2Froles%2Fpf-role%2Fprosecution%2F110-day-rule&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095402/http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/264423/0079241.pdf">"Summary Justice Reform Thematic Report on the Use of Fiscal Fine"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Government?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>. p. 7. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 August</span> 2009</span>. <q>Although Scotland did not have the principle of 'legality' as in some foreign jurisdictions where the prosecutor has no discretion...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Summary+Justice+Reform+Thematic+Report+on+the+Use+of+Fiscal+Fine&rft.pages=7&rft.pub=Scottish+Government&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.scot%2FResource%2FDoc%2F264423%2F0079241.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528071415/http://www.hingstons.co.uk/laws-Procurator%2520Fiscal%2520-%2520Powers-no.html">"Procurator Fiscal Powers"</a>. <i>David Hingston LLB</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.hingstons.co.uk/laws-Procurator%2520Fiscal%2520-%2520Powers-no.html">the original</a> on 28 May 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 August</span> 2009</span>. <q>We do not have the English system of someone deciding whether or not to press charges, nor of Magistrates [or in America, Grand Juries] deciding whether or not someone should be committed for trial, nor of the accused opting for trial by jury. In Scotland, these are decisions for the Procurator Fiscal to make. </q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=David+Hingston+LLB&rft.atitle=Procurator+Fiscal+Powers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hingstons.co.uk%2Flaws-Procurator%2520Fiscal%2520-%2520Powers-no.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Jones,_T.H_2008-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-Jones,_T.H_2008_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. 46 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJonesChristie2008" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Timothy H.; Christie, Michael G.A. (2008). <i>Criminal Law</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 August</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Criminal+Justice+%28Scotland%29+Act+1987+s.56&rft.pub=Office+of+Public+Sector+Information&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opsi.gov.uk%2Facts%2Facts1987%2Fpdf%2Fukpga_19870041_en.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Conditional offer of fixed penalty by procurator fiscal" <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19872025_en_1.htm">"The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 Fixed Penalty Order 1987"</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Office_of_Public_Sector_Information?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Office of Public Sector Information">Office of Public Sector Information</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 August</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Criminal+Proceedings+etc.+%28Reform%29+%28Scotland%29+Act+2007&rft.pub=Office+of+Public+Sector+Information&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opsi.gov.uk%2Flegislation%2Fscotland%2Facts2007%2Fasp_20070006_en_7%23pt3-pb2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advocate_Depute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alternatives to prosecution: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215020637/http://www.victimsofcrimeinscotland.org.uk/the-justice-process/prosecution-process/alternatives-to-prosecution/">"Victimes of crime in Scotland"</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Government?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>. 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