{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-194C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-194C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/194C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "194C",
  "heading": "Grounds for reference.",
  "text": "(1) The grounds upon which the Commission may refer a case to the High Court are that they believe—\n(a) that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred; and\n(b) that it is in the interests of justice that a reference should be made.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. XA (ss. 194A-194L) inserted (1.1.1998 for the purpose of inserting ss. 194A, 194E and 194G, otherwise 1.4.1999) by 1997 c. 48, s. 25(1); S.I. 1997/3004, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 1999/652, art. 2, Sch. (subject to art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 194C renumbered as s. 194C(1) (30.10.2010) by Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 15), ss. 7(3)(a), 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 194C(2) repealed (17.1.2017) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), ss. 96(4), 117(2); S.S.I. 2016/426, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/194C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:46.035735+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."
}