Explanatory Notes

Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

2014 asp 18

10 November 2014

The Act

Part 6 – Criminal Appeals

Appeals from summary criminal proceedings

Section 121 - References by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

244.Section 121 amends section 194B (references by the Commission) of the 1995 Act to provide for the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission to be able to refer to the High Court cases in which the an appeal was originally heard in the Sheriff Appeal Court.