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)
(1)This section applies where the respondent—
(a)has made a further disclosure request under section 140D, and
(b)considers that the prosecutor has failed, in responding to the request, to disclose to the respondent an item of information falling within section 140B(3) (the “information in question”).
(2)The respondent may apply to the court for a ruling on whether the information in question falls within section 140B(3).
(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
(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 must make a ruling on whether the information in question, or any part of the information in question, falls within section 140B(3).
(8)In this section and in section 140F, “the court” means the High Court.
(9)Except where it is impracticable to do so, the application is to be assigned to the judge or judges who are to hear the 2011 Act proceedings.]