Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

[F1 137ZB Refixing diets: non-suitable days S

(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.

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 137ZB inserted (30.1.2012) by Act of Adjournal (Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) (Refixing diets) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/430), ss. 1(2), 2(4)

F2 S. 137ZB(2) repealed (25.3.2020) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/93), paras. 1(2), 2(5)