EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)

This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

Paragraph 2 amends section 94 of the 1995 Act and in so doing the circumstances in which the transcription of evidence and speeches can be ordered.

Paragraph 3 makes transitional provision providing that paragraph 2 shall only apply to appeals in which leave to appeal was granted after the date on which this Act of Adjournal comes into force (i.e. 12th November 2012).