[F1140FReview of ruling under section 140ES
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a court has made a ruling under section 140E that an item of information (the “information in question”) does not fall within section 140B(3), and
(b)during the relevant period—
(i)the respondent becomes aware of information (“secondary information”) that was unavailable to the court at the time it made its ruling, and
(ii)the respondent considers that, had the secondary information been available to the court at that time, it would have made a ruling that the information in question does fall within section 140B(3).
(2)The respondent may apply to the court which made the ruling for a review of the ruling.
(3)An application under subsection (2) is to be made in writing and must set out—
(a)a description of the information in question and the secondary information, and
(b)the respondent's grounds for considering that the information in question falls within section 140B(3).
(4)On receiving an application under subsection (2), the court must appoint a hearing at which the application is to be considered and determined.
(5)However, the court may dispose of the application without appointing a hearing if the court considers that the application does not—
(a)comply with subsection (3), or
(b)otherwise disclose any reasonable grounds for considering that the information in question falls within section 140B(3).
(6)At a hearing appointed under subsection (4), the court must give the prosecutor and the respondent an opportunity to be heard before determining the application.
(7)On determining the application, the court may—
(a)affirm the ruling being reviewed, or
(b)recall that ruling and make a ruling that the information in question, or any part of the information in question, falls within section 140B(3).
(8)Except where it is impracticable to do so, the application is to be assigned to the judge or judges who dealt with the application for the ruling that is being reviewed.
(9)Nothing in this section affects any right of appeal in relation to the ruling being reviewed.
(10)In this section, “relevant period”, in relation to a respondent, means the period—
(a)beginning with the making of the ruling being reviewed, and
(b)ending with the relevant conclusion.
(11)In subsection (10), “relevant conclusion” has the meaning given by section 140C(6).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 140A-140F and cross-headings inserted (28.11.2011) by Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16), ss. 13(2), 17(3); S.S.I. 2011/365, art. 3 (with arts. 4, 5)