Paragraph 40.6 Time for raising compatibility issue or devolution issueF1

No party to criminal proceedings shall raise a compatibility issue or devolution issue in those proceedings except as in accordance with rule 40.2, 40.3 or 40.4, unless the court, on cause shown, otherwise directs.

Where the court determines that a devolution issue may be raised as mentioned in paragraph (1), it shall order that intimation of the devolution issue is given in writing to the Advocate General.

Where the court determines that a UNCRC compatibility issue may be raised as mentioned in paragraph (1), it shall order that intimation of the UNCRC compatibility issue is given in writing to the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights.