Section 137ZB Refixing diets: non-suitable daysF1
Scotland
(1)
Where in a summary prosecution any diet has been fixed for a day which is no longer suitable to the court it may, of its own accord, at any time before that diet—
(a)
discharge the diet; and
(b)
fix a new diet for a date earlier or later than that for which the discharged diet was fixed.
F2(2)
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 137ZB inserted (30.1.2012) by Act of Adjournal (Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) (Refixing diets) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/430), ss. 1(2), 2(4)
- F2
S. 137ZB(2) repealed (25.3.2020) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/93), paras. 1(2), 2(5)