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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)

This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules in order to:–

(a)

provide that the clerk may certify minutes of proceedings where these are unavailable to the court (paragraph 2(2));

(b)

provide for a form of notice to be served by the accused on the prosecutor disputing that a condition is satisfied and requiring the prosecutor to prove such in terms of section 16A(4) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (paragraph 2(3)).