# Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004, Section 19: First diet in sheriff court solemn proceedings: witnesses and bail


(1) Section 71 (first diet) of the 1995 Act is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (1B) insert—
“(1C) At a first diet, the court—
(a) shall ascertain which of the witnesses included in the list of witnesses are required by the prosecutor or the accused to attend the trial; and
(b) shall, where the accused has been admitted to bail, review the conditions imposed on his bail and may—
(i) after giving the parties an opportunity to be heard; and
(ii) if it considers it appropriate to do so,
fix bail on different conditions.”.
(3) In subsection (2), for “and (1A)” substitute “ , (1A) and (1C) ”.
(4) In subsection (3), after “(1A)” insert “ , (1C) ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/5/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004/section-19
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