{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-194ZF",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-194ZF.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/194ZF",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "194ZF",
  "heading": "Applications for permission: further provision",
  "text": "(1) An application for permission for an appeal under section 194ZB(1) is to be considered and determined (whether under section 194ZD or 194ZE)—\n(a) in chambers without the parties being present,\n(b) by reference to section 194ZB(3), and\n(c) on the basis of consideration of—\n(i) the note of appeal under section 194ZC(1), and\n(ii) such other document or information (if any) as may be specified by act of adjournal.\n(2) The Clerk of Justiciary must, as soon as possible, intimate to the appellant or the appellant's solicitor and to the Crown Agent—\n(a) a decision under section 194ZD or 194ZE determining the application for permission for an appeal, and\n(b) in the case of a refusal of permission for the appeal, the reasons for the decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 10ZA inserted (1.4.2015 for specified purposes, 22.9.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), ss. 119, 138(2); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), sch.; S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/194ZF",
    "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."
}