# Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996, Rule 40.8A: UNCRC compatibility issue – intimation and intervention


(1) Where a party raises a UNCRC compatibility issue in accordance with rules 40.2, 40.3 or 40.4 a copy of the document in which it is raised shall be intimated to the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights.
(2) An intervention by any of those receiving intimation under paragraph (1) shall be by succinct written submission which (including any appendices) does not exceed 2000 words.
(3) The written submission shall be lodged with the clerk of court and served on the other parties, no later than 48 hours before the hearing or diet at which the UNCRC compatibility issue is to be considered by the court, except on cause shown.
(4) The court may in exceptional circumstances—
(a) allow a longer written submission to be made;
(b) direct that an oral submission is to be made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/513/schedule/2/rule/40.8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996/schedule-2/rule-40.8A
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