Part 3: Enforcement and appeals Section 52: Extra-territorial application and jurisdiction to try offences
Section 52(1) provides that the offences set out in Sections 32, 33, 34 and 35 may be committed by conduct that occurs inside or outside the UK irrespective of the offender’s nationality or, if a body, country of formation or recognition.
	Subsection (2) provides that, where an offence under the Act is committed outside the UK, proceedings for the offence may be taken at any place in the UK and may be treated for all incidental purposes as having been committed at any such place.
	Subsection (3) specifies that in the application of subsection (2) to Scotland, any such proceedings may be taken in any sheriff court district in which the person is apprehended or in custody, or in such sheriff court district as the Lord Advocate may determine.
	Subsection (4) defines "sheriff court district" by reference to the definition in section 307(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.