71 First diet
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

Pre-trial proceedings

71  First diet

[(A1)     At a first diet [in proceedings to which subsection (B1) below applies], the court shall, where the accused is charged with a sexual offence to which section 288C of this Act applies, ascertain whether he [the accused] has engaged a solicitor for the purposes of [the conduct of his case at any relevant hearing in the course of the proceedings].]

[(B1)     This subsection applies to proceedings—

(a)     in which the accused is charged with a sexual offence to which section 288C of this Act applies,

[(aa)     in respect of an offence to which section 288DC of this Act applies (domestic abuse cases),]

(b)     to which section 288E of this Act applies, or

(c)     in which an order under section 288F(2) of this Act has been made [in relation to any hearing in the course of the proceedings].]

(1)     At a first diet the court shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, ascertain . . .—

(a)     the state of preparation of the prosecutor and of the accused with respect to their cases; and

(b)     the extent to which the prosecutor and the accused have complied with the duty under section 257(1) of this Act.

[(1ZA)

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