Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

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s. 194ZA repealed by 2014 asp 18 sch. 3 para. 25
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s. 205A added by 1997 c. 48 s. 1(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 1997 c. 48, s. 1 repealed (27.6.2003) without ever being in force by 2003 asp 7, s. 19(3); S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch.)
s. 210ZA inserted by 2023 asp 4 s. 5
s. 249(4A)-(4D) inserted by 2014 asp 1 s. 24
s. 271D(4A) inserted by 2019 asp 8 s. 6(4)
s. 271F(2)(aa) inserted by 2019 asp 8 s. 10(4)
s. 271AA inserted by 2019 asp 8 s. 6(2)
s. 271BZD inserted by 2019 asp 8 s. 3(2)
s. 288AB 288AC inserted by 2024 asp 1 s. 32(3)
Sch. 5A added by 1997 c. 48 s. 1(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 1997 c. 48, s. 1 repealed (27.6.2003) without ever being in force by 2003 asp 7, s. 19(3); S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch.)

288EProhibition of personal conduct of defence in certain cases involving child witnesses under the age of 12S

F1(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)This section applies to any proceedings (other than proceedings in the [F2JP court])—

(a)in respect of any offence specified in subsection (3) below, and

(b)in which a child witness who is under the age of 12 on the date of commencement of the proceedings is to give evidence at or for the purposes of [F3any hearing in the course of the proceedings].

[F4(2A)The accused is prohibited from conducting his case in person at, or for the purposes of, any hearing at, or for the purposes of, which the child witness is to give evidence.]

(3)The offences referred to in subsection (2)(a) above are—

(a)murder,

(b)culpable homicide,

(c)any offence which—

(i)involves an assault on, or injury or threat of injury to, any person (including any offence involving neglect or ill-treatment of, or other cruelty to, a child), but

(ii)is not an offence to which section 288C [F5or 288DC] of this Act applies,

(d)abduction, and

(e)plagium.

(4)Section 288D of this Act applies in the case of proceedings to which this section applies as it applies in the case of proceedings in respect of a sexual offence to which section 288C of this Act applies [F6and as if references to a relevant hearing were references to a hearing referred to in subsection (2A) above].

(5)In proceedings to which this section applies, the prosecutor shall, at the same time as intimating to the accused under section 271A(13) of this Act a [F7vulnerable] witness notice in respect of [F8the trial], serve on the accused a notice under subsection (6).

(6)A notice under this subsection shall contain intimation to the accused—

[F9(a)that his case at, or for the purposes of, any hearing in the course of the proceedings at, or for the purposes of, which the child witness is to give evidence may be conducted only by a lawyer,]

(b)that it is therefore in his interests, if he has not already done so, to get the professional assistance of a solicitor, and

(c)that if he does not engage a solicitor for the purposes of [F10the conduct of his case at or for the purposes of the] [F11hearing], the court will do so.

(7)A failure to comply with subsection (5) or (6) above does not affect the validity or lawfulness of any [F12vulnerable] witness notice or any other element of the proceedings against the accused.

F13(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9)For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above, proceedings shall be taken to have commenced when the indictment or, as the case may be, the complaint is served on the accused.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 288E(1) repealed (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 69(4)(a), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, sch.

F2 Words in s. 288E substituted (10.3.2008, 2.6.2008, 8.12.2008, 23.2.2009 and 14.12.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 22.2.2010) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 26(q); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/192, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/329, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/362, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2009/432, art. 3, Schs. 1, 2