Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993

39New circumstances on notice of which preliminary diet may be ordered

(1)Section 76 of the 1975 Act (which specifies various circumstances on notice of which a preliminary diet shall or may be ordered) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(bb)that there are documents the truth of the contents of which ought in his view to be admitted, or that there is any other matter which in his view ought to be agreed, the court may make such order as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above;; and

(b)in paragraph (c), for the words “or (b)” there shall be substituted the words “, (b) or (bb)”.

(3)In subsection (7)(c), after the word “paragraph” there shall be inserted the words “(bb) or”.