HC Deb 15 March 2000 vol 346 c427

Amendments made: No. 3, in page 4, line 34, leave out from "Scotland" to end of line 8 on page 5 and insert "—

  1. (a) for every reference to the Court of Appeal or the Crown Court substitute a reference to the High Court of Justiciary,
  2. (b) in subsection (2)(b), at the end insert "and quash the conviction",
  3. (c) in subsection (4)—
    1. (i) in paragraph (a), for "28 days" substitute "two weeks", and (ii) in paragraph (b), for "section I of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968" substitute "section 106 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  4. (d) in subsection (5)—
    1. (i) for "by a magistrates' court" substitute "in summary proceedings", and
    2. (ii) in paragraph (b), at the end insert "and quash the conviction",
  5. (e) in subsection (6), paragraph (c) is omitted,
  6. (f) in subsection (7)—
    1. (i) in paragraph (a) for "21 days" substitute "two weeks", and
    2. (ii) for paragraph (b) substitute—
    1. "(b) shall be by note of appeal, which shall state the ground of appeal,
    2. (c) shall not require leave under any provision of Part X of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, and
    3. (d) shall be in accordance with such procedure as the High Court of Justiciary may, by Act of Adjoumal, determine.".'

No. 4, in page 5, line 14, after "court,", insert— '() the reference in subsection (6) to section I I I of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall be taken as a reference to Article 146 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981,'.—[Mr. Charles Clarke.]

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