Section 101 Application

An application to the court by the prosecutor or the defence under section 32(1)(a) of the 1980 Act for the issue of a letter of request shall be made by way of petition in the form set out in Form 55 of Schedule 1.

An application so made shall be lodged with the sheriff clerk and shall be accompanied by a proposed letter of request including the matters set out in Form 27 of Schedule 1.