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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-miscellaneous-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/144",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-miscellaneous-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Transfer of solemn proceedings (sheriff court)",
  "text": "(1) After Chapter 8B of the Rules (failure of accused to appear) insert—\n“CHAPTER 8C\nTRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS (SHERIFF COURT)\nTransfer of solemn proceedings outwith sheriffdom\n8C.1 A written application by the prosecutor under section 34A of the Act of 1995 (initiating proceedings outwith sheriffdom: exceptional circumstances) shall be in Form 8C.1.”.\n(2) After Form 8B.1 in the appendix to the Rules insert the form set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Adjournal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Chapter 8B was inserted by S.S.I. 2007/511."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 34A was inserted by section 31 of the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Form 8B.1 was inserted by S.S.I. 2007/511."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/144/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:01.133006+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}