[F183BContinuation of trial diet in the sheriff courtS
(1)In the sheriff court a trial diet and, if it is adjourned, the adjourned diet, may, without having been commenced, be continued from sitting day to sitting day—
(a)by minute, in such form as may be prescribed by act of adjournal, signed by the sheriff clerk,
(b)up to such maximum number of sitting days after the day originally appointed for the trial diet as may be so prescribed.
(2)The indictment falls if a trial diet, or adjourned diet, is not commenced by the end of the last sitting day to which it may be continued by virtue of subsection (1).
(3)For the purposes of this section, a trial diet or adjourned trial diet is to be taken to commence when it is called.
(4)In this section, “sitting day” means any day on which the court is sitting but does not include any Saturday or Sunday or any day which is a court holiday.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 83B inserted (28.8.2017) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), ss. 81(6), 117(2); S.S.I. 2017/99, art. 5