Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal
This Act of Adjournal makes provision for the lodging of written submissions in appeals against sentence in solemn and summary proceedings.
Paragraph 2 of the Act of Adjournal amends section 114 (applications made orally or in writing) and section 115 (presentation of appeal in writing) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c. 45) to make those sections subject to any provision in rules of court made under section 305 of that Act.
Paragraph 3(2) inserts new rule 15.16, and paragraph 3(3) inserts new rule 19.18 into the Criminal Procedure Rules (S.I. 1996/513) to provide for the lodging of written submissions in a specified form in all appeals against sentence in solemn and summary proceedings, respectively.
The Schedule prescribes the forms inserted into the Appendix to the Criminal Procedure Rules by paragraph 3(4).