{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004/schedule/paragraph-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004/schedule/paragraph-50.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/50",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 281A (routine evidence: reports of identification prior to trial)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(a), for “not less than 14 clear days before the trial” substitute “ by the required time ”,\n(b) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(3) In subsection (2)(a) above, “the required time” means—\n(a) in the case of proceedings in the High Court—\n(i) not less than 14 clear days before the preliminary hearing; or\n(ii) such later time, being not less than 14 clear days before the trial, as the court may, in special circumstances, allow;\n(b) in any other case, not less than 14 clear days before the trial.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/5/schedule/paragraph/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:37.864763+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."
}