Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

[F1 194M Further exception to section 194J S

(1) The disclosure of information, or the authorisation of disclosure of information, is excepted from section 194J by this section if—

(a) the conditions specified in subsection (2) are met, and

(b) the Commission have determined that it is appropriate in the whole circumstances for the information to be disclosed.

(2) The conditions are that—

(a) the information relates to a case that has been referred to the High Court under section 194B(1),

(b) the reference concerns—

(i) a conviction, or

(ii) a finding under section 55(2), and

(c) the case has fallen, or has been abandoned, under the provisions or other rules applying by virtue of section 194B(1).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 194M-194T and cross-heading inserted (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 3(3), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 2