# Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025, Section 32: Scheduling of business in justice of the peace courts

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(1) The Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 61 (efficient disposal of business in justice of the peace courts)—
(a) after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) In carrying out the responsibility imposed by subsection (1), the sheriff principal must have regard to the desirability of doing so in a way that accords with trauma-informed practice.”,
(b) after subsection (4) insert—
“(5) 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/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-witnesses-and-justice-reform-scotland-act-2025/section-32
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