HC Deb 28 October 1985 vol 84 c707

1. Sections 141A, 141B, 346A and 346B of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 do not apply in relation to a trial which has commenced before the coming into force of those sections; and, for the purpose of this paragraph, a trial shall be taken to commence—

  1. (a) in the case of summary proceedings, when the oath is administered to the jury;
  2. (b) in the case of summary proceedings, when the first witness is sworn.

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