{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-288L",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-288L.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/288L",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "288L",
  "heading": "Defined terms",
  "text": "For the purpose of sections 288H to 288K—\n“detained person” means person who is—\n(a)an accused, a convicted person or an appellant in the case to which a specified hearing relates, and\n(b)imprisoned or otherwise lawfully detained (whether or not in connection with an offence) at any place in Scotland,\n“place of detention” means place in which a detained person is imprisoned or detained,\n“specified hearing” means hearing of a type specified in directions having effect for the time being under section 288K.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 288H-288L and cross-heading inserted (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), ss. 110(1), 117(2); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/288L",
    "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."
}