Part 4Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous
I119First diet in sheriff court solemn proceedings: witnesses and bail
1
Section 71 (first diet) of the 1995 Act is amended as follows.
2
After subsection (1B) insert—
1C
At a first diet, the court—
a
shall ascertain which of the witnesses included in the list of witnesses are required by the prosecutor or the accused to attend the trial; and
b
shall, where the accused has been admitted to bail, review the conditions imposed on his bail and may—
i
after giving the parties an opportunity to be heard; and
ii
if it considers it appropriate to do so,
fix bail on different conditions.
3
In subsection (2), for “and (1A)” substitute “
, (1A) and (1C)
”
.
4
In subsection (3), after “(1A)” insert “
, (1C)
”
.