[71B First diet: appointment of trial diet]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[71B  First diet: appointment of trial diet]

[(1)     At a first diet, unless a plea of guilty is tendered and accepted, the court must—

(a)     after complying with section 71, and

(b)     subject to subsections (3) to (7),

appoint a trial diet.

(2)     Where a trial diet is appointed at a first diet, the accused must appear at the trial diet and answer the indictment.

(3)     In appointing a trial diet under subsection (1), in any case in which the [period specified in section 65(1)(b)] applies (whether or not the [period specified in section 65(4)(b)(ii)] also applies in the case)—

(a)     if the court considers that the case would be likely to be ready to proceed to trial within that period, it must, subject to subsections (5) to (7), appoint a trial diet for a date within that period, or

(b)     if the court considers that the case would not be likely

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