# The Advice and Assistance (Summary Criminal Proceedings) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 2003


In regulation 6 (summary criminal proceedings) of the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 for sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) substitute—
“(c) in relation to any diet (including ancillary work prior to that diet) in a case in which no plea has previously been tendered, where—
(i) at the diet a plea of guilty to the charges against the accused is tendered, or a plea of guilty to part thereof which partial plea is accepted by the prosecutor, and thereafter until the case has been finally disposed of;
(ii) at the diet the prosecutor accepts a plea of not guilty to the charges to the effect that the case is then concluded; or
(iii) prior to calling the case at that diet the prosecutor accepts a plea of not guilty to the charges or otherwise makes a final determination that the case is not to proceed whether at that time or thereafter, and does not call the case at that diet;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2022/9780111055137/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-advice-and-assistance-summary-criminal-proceedings-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-4
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