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Paragraph 50 I1

In section 281A (routine evidence: reports of identification prior to trial)—

(a)

in subsection (2)(a), for “not less than 14 clear days before the trial” substitute “ by the required time ”,

(b)

after subsection (2) insert—

“(3)

In subsection (2)(a) above, “F1the required time” means—

(a)

in the case of proceedings in the High Court—

(i)

not less than 14 clear days before the preliminary hearing; or

(ii)

such later time, being not less than 14 clear days before the trial, as the court may, in special circumstances, allow;

(b)

in any other case, not less than 14 clear days before the trial.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in sch. para. 50(b) substituted (31.1.2005) by Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004 (Incidental, Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/40), arts. 1(2), 3(5)

Commencement

I1

Sch. para. 50 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.S.I. 2004/405, art. 2(2), sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5) (see S.S.I. 2005/168)