2011 No. 430
High Court Of Justiciary
Sheriff Court
Justice Of The Peace Court

Act of Adjournal (Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) (Refixing diets) 2011

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Lord Justice General, the Lord Justice Clerk and the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 305 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 19951 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf do hereby enact and declare:

Citation, commencement etc.1.

(1)

This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) (Refixing diets) 2011.

(2)

It comes into force on 30th January 2012.

(3)

A certified copy of this Act of Adjournal is to be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.

Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995: refixing diets2.

(1)

The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended in accordance with subparagraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

After section 75B (refixing diets)2 insert—

“75CRefixing diets: non-suitable days

(1)

Where in any proceedings on indictment any diet has been fixed for a day which is no longer suitable to the court, it may, of its own accord, at any time before that diet—

(a)

discharge the diet; and

(b)

fix a new diet for a date earlier or later than that for which the discharged diet was fixed.

(2)

Before proceeding as mentioned in subsection (1) the court shall give the parties an opportunity to be heard.

(3)

In subsections (1) and (2), “the court” means—

(a)

in the case of proceedings in the High Court, a single judge of that Court;

(b)

in the case of proceedings in the sheriff court, that court.”.

(3)

The title of section 75B becomes “Refixing diets: non-sitting days”.

(4)

After section 137ZA (refixing diets)3 insert—

“137ZBRefixing diets: non-suitable days

(1)

Where in a summary prosecution any diet has been fixed for a day which is no longer suitable to the court it may, of its own accord, at any time before that diet—

(a)

discharge the diet; and

(b)

fix a new diet for a date earlier or later than that for which the discharged diet was fixed.

(2)

Before proceeding as mentioned in subsection (1) the court shall give the parties an opportunity to be heard.”.

(5)

The title of section 137ZA becomes “Refixing diets: non-sitting days”.

A.C. HAMILTON
Lord Justice General
I.P.D.

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)

This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

Paragraph 2 inserts new section 75C to give the court the power, in solemn proceedings, to refix diets in respect of days which are no longer suitable to the court.

Paragraph 3 makes the same change in respect of summary proceedings.