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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Transcripts of Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Order 1993 (“the principal Order”). The principal Order makes provision for restrictions on the availability under section 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 of transcripts of proceedings.

Article 2(1) of this Order amends article 4 of the principal Order so that it will restrict the availability of transcripts of proceedings—

(a)

which are conducted in the absence of persons from the Court room by virtue of certain provisions of the 1975 Act; or

(b)

which may not be published by virtue of an order under section 4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.

Article 2(2) of this Order amends article 5 of the principal Order so that it will enable transcripts to be made available in certain circumstances, for the purposes of proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.