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304 Criminal Courts Rules Council.S

(1)There shall be established a body, to be known as the Criminal Courts Rules Council (in this section referred to as “the Council”) which shall have the functions conferred on it by subsection (9) below.

(2)The Council shall consist of—

(a)the Lord Justice General, the Lord Justice Clerk and the Clerk of Justiciary;

(b)a further Lord Commissioner of Justiciary appointed by the Lord Justice General;

(c)the following persons appointed by the Lord Justice General after such consultation as he considers appropriate—

[F1(zi)one Appeal Sheriff;]

(i)two sheriffs;

(ii)two members of the Faculty of Advocates;

(iii)two solicitors;

(iv)one sheriff clerk; and

(v)one person appearing to him to have a knowledge of the procedures and practices of the [F2JP court];

(d)two persons appointed by the Lord Justice General after consultation with the Lord Advocate, at least one of whom must be a procurator fiscal;

(e)two persons appointed by the Lord Justice General after consultation with the Secretary of State, at least one of whom must be a person appearing to the Lord Justice General to have—

(i)a knowledge of the procedures and practices of the courts exercising criminal jurisdiction in Scotland; and

(ii)an awareness of the interests of victims of crime and of witnesses in criminal proceedings; and

(f)any persons appointed under subsection (3) below.

(3)The Lord Justice General may appoint not more than two further persons, and the Secretary of State may appoint one person, to membership of the Council.

(4)The chairman of the Council shall be the Lord Justice General or such other member of the Council, being a Lord Commissioner of Justiciary, as the Lord Justice General may nominate.

(5)The members of the Council appointed under paragraphs (b) to (f) of subsection (2) above shall, so long as they retain the respective qualifications mentioned in those paragraphs, hold office for three years and be eligible for reappointment.

(6)Any vacancy in the membership of the Council by reason of the death or demission of office, prior to the expiry of the period for which he was appointed, of a member appointed under any of paragraphs (b) to (f) of subsection (2) above shall be filled by the appointment by the Lord Justice General or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State, after such consultation as is required by the paragraph in question, of another person having the qualifications required by that paragraph, and a person so appointed shall hold office only until the expiry of that period.

(7)The Council shall meet—

(a)at intervals of not more than 12 months; and

(b)at any time when summoned by the chairman or by three members of the Council,

but shall, subject to the foregoing, have power to regulate the summoning of its meetings and the procedure at such meetings.

(8)At any meeting of the Council six members shall be a quorum.

(9)The functions of the Council shall be—

(a)to keep under general review the procedures and practices of the courts exercising criminal jurisdiction in Scotland (including any matters incidental or relating to those procedures or practices); and

(b)to consider and comment on any draft Act of Adjournal submitted to it by the High Court, which shall, in making the Act of Adjournal, take account to such extent as it considers appropriate of any comments made by the Council under this paragraph.

(10)In the discharge of its functions under subsection (9) above the Council may invite representations on any aspect of the procedures and practices of the courts exercising criminal jurisdiction in Scotland (including any matters incidental or relating to those procedures or practices) and shall consider any such representations received by it, whether or not submitted in response to such an invitation.

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 304(2)(c)(v) substituted (10.3.2008 and 2.6.2008 for certain purposes, otherwise 8.12.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 26(t); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/192, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/329, art. 3, Sch.

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