PART XIIIU.K. Miscellaneous

[F1Convention rights F2... compatibility issues [F3, devolution issues and UNCRC compatibility issues]]S

F5288B [F4Appeals to the Supreme Court: general].S

(1)This section applies where the [F6Supreme Court] determines an appeal under [F7section 288AA [F8or 288AC] of this Act or] paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 against a determination F9... by the High Court in the ordinary course of proceedings.

(2)The determination of the appeal shall not affect any earlier acquittal or earlier quashing of any conviction in the proceedings.

(3)Subject to subsection (2) above, the High Court shall have the same powers in relation to the proceedings when remitted to it by the [F10Supreme Court] as it would have if it were considering the proceedings otherwise than as a trial court.

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 288B heading substituted (22.4.2013) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 36(8), 44(5); S.I. 2013/6, art. 2(c)

F5Ss. 288A-288B and preceding cross-heading inserted (20.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125, Sch. 8 para. 32(2) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 4

F6Words in s. 288B(1) and in sidenote substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 86(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F7Words in s. 288B(1) inserted (22.4.2013) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 36(9)(a), 44(5); S.I. 2013/6, art. 2(c)

F9Words in s. 288B(1) omitted (22.4.2013) by virtue of Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 36(9)(b), 44(5); S.I. 2013/6, art. 2(c)