[271D Review of arrangements for vulnerable witnesses]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[271D  Review of arrangements for vulnerable witnesses]

[(1)     In any case in which a person who is giving or is to give evidence at or for the purposes of [a hearing in relevant criminal proceedings] (referred to in this section as the “witness”) is or appears to the court to be a vulnerable witness, the court may at any stage in the proceedings (whether before or after the commencement of [the hearing] or before or after the witness has begun to give evidence)—

(a)     on the application of [any party to the proceedings], or

(b)     of its own motion,

review the current arrangements for taking the witness's evidence and, after giving the parties an opportunity to be heard, make an order under subsection (2) below.

(2)     The order which may be made under this subsection is—

(a)     where the current arrangements for taking the witness's evidence include the use of a special measure or combination of special measures authorised by an order under section 271A or 271C of this Act or under this subsection (referred to as the “earlier order”), an order varying or revoking the earlier order, or

(b)     where the current arrangements for taking the witness's evidence do

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