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Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022

Overview of Chapter 2

223.Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the schedule removes, or allows for the removal of, requirements for people to physically attend court or tribunal hearings. Reflecting different default positions on the removal of requirements for physical attendance:

  • paragraph 6 deals with non-criminal cases and it also deals with criminal trials and processes before criminal courts in which the only party is a public official

  • paragraph 7 deals with criminal cases, apart from trials and processes in which the only party is a public official

224.Where the requirement to physically attend has been removed by paragraph 6 or 7, paragraph 8 requires people to attend virtually instead.

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