[F175CRefixing diets: non-suitable daysS
(1)Where in any proceedings on indictment any diet has been fixed for a day which is no longer suitable to the court, it may, of its own accord, at any time before that diet—
(a)discharge the diet; and
(b)fix a new diet for a date earlier or later than that for which the discharged diet was fixed.
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In [F3subsection (1)], “the court” means—
(a)in the case of proceedings in the High Court, a single judge of that Court;
(b)in the case of proceedings in the sheriff court, that court.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 75C inserted (30.1.2012) by Act of Adjournal (Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) (Refixing diets) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/430), ss. 1(2), 2(2)
F2S. 75C(2) repealed (25.3.2020) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/93), paras. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
F3Words in s. 75C(3) substituted (25.3.2020) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/93), paras. 1(2), 2(2)(b)