Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. X (ss. 173-194) excluded (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 7(7), 8(1)(f)(ii); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
C2Pt. 10 extended (11.3.2005) by Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (c. 2), s. 12(6)(e)
C3Pt. 10 extended (15.12.2011) by Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23), s. 31(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(4)(e) (with Sch. 8)
C4Pt. 10 extended (12.2.2015) by Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), s. 52(5), Sch. 4 para. 4(4)(e)
(1)Within three weeks of the final determination of proceedings in respect of which an application for a stated case is made under section 176 of this Act—
(a)where the appeal is taken from the [F1JP court] and the trial was presided over by a justice of the peace or justices of the peace, the Clerk of Court; or
(b)in any other case the judge who presided at the trial,
shall prepare a draft stated case, and the clerk of the court concerned shall forthwith issue the draft to the appellant or his solicitor and a duplicate thereof to the respondent or his solicitor.
[F2(1A)Where an application for a stated case under section 176 of this Act relates to an appeal by virtue of section 11(7) of the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16)—
(a)the reference in subsection (1) to the final determination of proceedings is to be construed as a reference to the date on which the appellant is acquitted of an offence mentioned in section 11(2) of that Act; and
(b)the reference in subsection (1)(b) to the judge who presided at the trial is to be construed as a reference to the judge who presided at the trial resulting in the conviction in respect of which the application for a stated case is made.]
(2)A stated case shall be, as nearly as may be, in the form prescribed by Act of Adjournal, and shall set forth the particulars of any matters competent for review which the appellant desires to bring under the review of the [F3Sheriff Appeal Court], and of the facts, if any, proved in the case, and any point of law decided, and the grounds of the decision.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 178(1)(a) substituted (10.3.2008, 2.6.2008, 8.12.2008, 23.2.2009 and 14.12.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 22.2.2010) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 26(h); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/192, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/329, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/362, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2009/432, art. 3, Schs. 1, 2
F2S. 178(1A) inserted (28.11.2011) by Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16), s. 17(3), sch. para. 14; S.S.I. 2011/365, art. 3
F3Words in s. 178(2) substituted (22.9.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), sch. 3 para. 7; S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, sch. (with art. 6)