# Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025, Section 30: Scheduling of business in Scottish courts

Extent: S

(1) The Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (head of the Scottish Judiciary)—
(a) after subsection (2) insert—
“(2ZA) In carrying out the responsibility mentioned in subsection (2)(a), the Lord President must have regard to the desirability of doing so in a way that accords with trauma-informed practice.”,
(b) after subsection (6) insert—
“(6A) For the purposes of this section, “trauma-informed practice” has the meaning given by section 114 of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-witnesses-and-justice-reform-scotland-act-2025/section-30
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