Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010

The 1995 Act

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55In section 144 (procedure at first diet), in subsection (3A)—

(a)for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)that his case at, or for the purposes of, any relevant hearing (within the meaning of section 288C(1A)) in the course of the proceedings may be conducted only by a lawyer,, and

(b)in paragraph (c), for the words “his defence at the trial” substitute “the conduct of his case at, or for the purposes of, the hearing”.