# Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019, Section 8: Vulnerable witness notice: lodging deadline

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(1) The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.
(2) 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/8/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-criminal-evidence-scotland-act-2019/section-8
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