{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004/section-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004/section-16A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/3",
  "legislation_title": "Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/16A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": "Relevant proceedings: Principal Reporter's power to act for party to proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where a child witness or other person who is giving or is to give evidence in or for the purposes of relevant proceedings (referred to in this section as “ the party ”) is a party to the proceedings.\n(2) The Principal Reporter may, on the party's behalf—\n(a) lodge a child witness notice under section 12(2),\n(b) make a vulnerable witness application for an order under section 12(6),\n(c) make an application under section 13(1)(a) for review of the current arrangements for taking a witness's evidence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16A inserted (24.6.2013) by Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1), ss. 176(4), 206(2) (with s. 186); S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/3/section/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:39.169379+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}