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Changes over time for: Section 87A


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Point in time view as at 05/11/2021.
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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 87A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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[87ADisposal of preliminary matters at trial dietS
Where—
(a)any preliminary plea or issue; or
(b)in a case to be tried in the High Court, any application, notice or other matter referred to in section 72(6)(b)(iii) or (iv) of this Act,
is to be disposed of at the trial diet, it shall be so disposed of before the jury is sworn, unless, where it is a preliminary issue consisting of an objection to the admissibility of any evidence, the court at the trial diet considers it is not capable of being disposed of before then.]
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