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[F145.5.(1)On receipt of a child witness notice or vulnerable witness application, the sheriff may–
(a)make an order under section 12(1) or (6) of the Act of 2004 without holding a hearing;
(b)require further information from any of the parties before making any further order;
(c)fix a date for a hearing of the child witness notice or vulnerable witness application.
(2)The sheriff may, subject to any statutory time limits, make an order altering the date of the proof or other hearing at which the child or vulnerable witness is to give evidence and make such provision for intimation of such alteration to all parties concerned as he deems appropriate.
(3)An order fixing a hearing for a child witness notice or vulnerable witness application shall be intimated by the sheriff clerk–
(a)on the day the order is made; and
(b)in such manner as may be prescribed by the sheriff,
to all parties to the proceedings and such other persons as are named in the order where such parties or persons are not present at the time the order is made.]
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F1Sch. 1 Ch. 45 inserted (1.11.2007) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004) 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/463), {art. 2(13)}
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