Section 8 Vulnerable witness notice: lodging deadlineI1

The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.

In section 271A(13A), for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

“(a)

any time before a date has been fixed for one of the following—

(i)

a preliminary hearing in the High Court,

(ii)

a first diet in the sheriff court, or

(iii)

a hearing at which the evidence is to be given, or

(b)

if a date has been fixed—

(i)

for a preliminary hearing in the High Court, no later than 14 clear days before the preliminary hearing,

(ii)

for a first diet in the sheriff court in the case of proceedings on indictment, no later than 7 clear days before the first diet, or

(iii)

in a case in which the proceedings are not to take place in the High Court or on indictment in the sheriff court, for a hearing at which the evidence is to be given, no later than 14 clear days before that hearing.”.