# Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 288H: Participation through live television link

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(1) Where the court so determines at any time before or at a specified hearing, a detained person is to participate in the hearing by means of a live television link.
(2) The court—
(a) must give the parties in the case an opportunity to make representations before making a determination under subsection (1),
(b) may make such a determination only if it considers that to do so is not contrary to the interests of justice.
(3) The court may require a detained person to participate by means of a live television link in any proceedings at a specified hearing or otherwise in the case for the sole purpose of considering whether to make a determination under subsection (1) with respect to a specified hearing.
(4) Where a detained person participates in any specified hearing or other proceedings by means of a live television link—
(a) a place of detention is, for the purposes of the hearing or other proceedings, deemed to be part of the court-room, and
(b) accordingly, the hearing is or other proceedings are deemed to take place in the presence of the detained person.
(5) In this section—
“court-room” includes chambers,
“live television link” means live television link between a place of detention and the court-room in which any specified hearing is or other proceedings are to be held or (as the case may be) any specified hearing is or other proceedings are being held.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/288H (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-288H
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