SCHEDULEMODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS

PART 1RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 1RESTRICTION ON BAIL IN SOLEMN CASES

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1

The 1995 Act is amended as follows.

2

In section 23D—

a

in subsection (2)—

i

in paragraph (a), for the words “a violent or sexual offence” there is substituted “ an offence falling within subsection (3A) ”,

ii

in paragraph (b), for the words “a violent or sexual offence” there is substituted “ an offence falling within subsection (3A) ”,

b

after subsection (3) there is inserted—

3A

An offence falls within this subsection if it is—

a

a violent offence,

b

a sexual offence, or

c

a domestic abuse offence.

c

in subsection (4), after the first definition there is inserted—

“domestic abuse offence” means—

a

an offence under section 1(1) of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, or

b

an offence that is aggravated as described in section 1(1)(a) of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016;

d

in subsection (5), for the words “a violent or sexual offence or a drug trafficking offence” there is substituted “ a type of offence ”.