15Prohibition of personal conduct of defence in proofs ordered in relation to victim statements in cases of certain sexual offencesS
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(1)The 1995 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In section 288C(1) (prohibition of personal conduct of defence in cases of certain sexual offences), at the end there is added “ or in any proof ordered in relation to a statement made by virtue of subsection (2) (or by virtue of that subsection and subsection (6)) of section 14 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7) ”.
(3)In section 288D(2)(a) (appointment by court of solicitor in such cases), at the end there is added “ or as the case may be at any proof ordered as is mentioned in section 288C(1) of this Act ”.