(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)
This Act of Adjournal makes various amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/513) (“the 1996 Rules”) in connection with the Extradition Act 2003 (“the Act of 2003”). It substitutes Chapters 30 and 34 of the 1996 Rules with a new Chapter 34 setting out the time limits and manner of notifying appeals under the Act of 2003; forms of consent to extradition; the time limits within which the High Court is to hear appeals under the 2003 Act, and associated matters.
This Act of Adjournal also makes various other minor amendments to the 1996 Rules. In particular, it changes the time period within which prints must be lodged in appeals by stated case from 7 days prior to the hearing of the appeal to 21 days before the hearing of the appeal. It also requires the Clerk of Justiciary to send to the Crown Agent a copy of a note of appeal following a referral by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.