§ '.—(1) Where a sheriff to whom an application has been made under section (Evidence of children through television link in criminal proceedings) of this Act would have granted the application but for the lack of accommodation or equipment necessary to achieve the purpose of the application, he may by order transfer the case to any sheriff court which has such accommodation and equipment available, being a sheriff court in the same sheriffdom.
§ (2) The sheriff court to which a case is transferred under this section shall be deemed to have granted an application under that section in relation to the case.'.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.