{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-303I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-303I.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/303I",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "303I",
  "heading": "Directions under sections 303G and 303H",
  "text": "(1) A court may issue a direction under section 303G(2) or 303H(2) on the motion of a party or of its own accord.\n(2) The power to issue a direction under section 303G(2) or 303H(2) includes the power to revoke an earlier direction under that section.\n(3) In considering whether to issue a direction under section 303G(2) or 303H(2), the court must—\n(a) give all parties an opportunity to make representations (subject to subsection (4)), and\n(b) have regard to any guidance issued by the Lord Justice General.\n(4) A court may, of its own accord, issue the first direction under section 303G(2) or 303H(2) in relation to a hearing or proceedings without having given the parties an opportunity to make representations.\n(5) Where a direction under section 303G(2) or 303H(2) is issued as described in subsection (4), the court must—\n(a) take steps to ensure that the parties are aware of their right to make a motion for the revocation of the direction, and\n(b) deal with any motion for the direction’s revocation,\nbefore dealing with any other matter at the hearing, other than a decision to adjourn or a matter that an enactment requires that the court deal with before another hearing could practicably be arranged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 303G-303M and cross-heading inserted (1.12.2025) by Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 14), ss. 2(2), 34(2)(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/303I",
    "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."
}