F2288B [F1Appeals to the Supreme Court: general].S
(1)This section applies where the [F3Supreme Court] determines an appeal under [F4section 288AA of this Act or] paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 against a determination F5... by the High Court in the ordinary course of proceedings.
(2)The determination of the appeal shall not affect any earlier acquittal or earlier quashing of any conviction in the proceedings.
(3)Subject to subsection (2) above, the High Court shall have the same powers in relation to the proceedings when remitted to it by the [F6Supreme Court] as it would have if it were considering the proceedings otherwise than as a trial court.
Textual Amendments
F1 S. 288B heading substituted (22.4.2013) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 36(8), 44(5); S.I. 2013/6, art. 2(c)
F2Ss. 288A-288B and preceding cross-heading inserted (20.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125, Sch. 8 para. 32(2) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 4
F3Words in s. 288B(1) and in sidenote substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 86(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F4Words in s. 288B(1) inserted (22.4.2013) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 36(9)(a), 44(5); S.I. 2013/6, art. 2(c)
F5Words in s. 288B(1) omitted (22.4.2013) by virtue of Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 36(9)(b), 44(5); S.I. 2013/6, art. 2(c)
F6Words in s. 288B(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 86(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)