75Assessment orders: amendment of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995S
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The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) is amended as follows—
(a)in section 144 (procedure at first diet)—
(i)in subsection (1), after “section 145” insert “ or 145ZA ”,
(ii)in subsection (9), after “section 145” insert “ , 145ZA ”,
(b)after section 145 insert—
“145ZAAdjournment where assessment order made at first calling
Where the accused is present at the first calling of a case in a summary prosecution the court may, where it makes an assessment order in respect of the accused, adjourn the case under this section for a period not exceeding 28 days without calling on the accused to plead to any charge against him; and the court may so adjourn the case for a further period not exceeding 7 days.”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 75 in force at 30.6.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/334, art. 2(a), Sch. 1