[72A Preliminary hearing: appointment of trial diet]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[72A  Preliminary hearing: appointment of trial diet]

[(1)     In any case in which subsection (6) of section 72 of this Act applies, the court shall, at the preliminary hearing—

(a)     after complying with that subsection;

(b)     having regard to earlier proceedings at the preliminary hearing; and

(c)     subject to subsections (3) to (7) below,

appoint a trial diet.

(2)     In appointing a trial diet under subsection (1) above, the court may, if satisfied that it is appropriate to do so, indicate that the diet is to be a floating diet for the purposes of section 83A of this Act.

(3)     In any case in which the [period specified in section 65(1)(b)] applies (whether or not the [period specified in section 65(4)(aa)(ii)] period 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 shall, subject to subsections (5) to (7) below, appoint a trial diet for

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