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What VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Point in Time (27/06/2003)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of Changes Opening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyStatus:Point in time view as at 27/06/2003. Changes over time for: Cross Heading: GeneralVersion Superseded: 10/01/2005Alternative versions:01/04/1996 - Amendment01/08/1997 - Amendment30/09/1998 - Amendment24/03/2003 - Amendment27/06/2003Point in time10/01/2005 - Amendment01/02/2011 - AmendmentProspective - AmendmentChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationChanges and effects yet to be applied by the editorial team are only applicable when viewing the latest version or prospective version of legislation. They are therefore not accessible when viewing legislation as at a specific point in time. To view the ‘Changes to Legislation’ information for this provision return to the latest version view using the options provided in the ‘What Version’ box above. GeneralS173 Quorum of High Court in relation to appeals.S(1)For the purpose of hearing and determining any appeal under this Part of this Act, or any proceeding connected therewith, three of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary shall be a quorum of the High Court, and the determination of any question under this Part of this Act by the court shall be according to the votes of the majority of the members of the court sitting, including the presiding judge, and each judge so sitting shall be entitled to pronounce a separate opinion.
(2)For the purpose of hearing and determining appeals under section 175(2)(b) or (c) of this Act, or any proceeding connected therewith, two of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary shall be a quorum of the High Court, and each judge shall be entitled to pronounce a separate opinion; but where the two Lords Commissioners of Justiciary are unable to reach agreement on the disposal of the appeal, or where they consider it appropriate, the appeal shall be heard and determined in accordance with subsection (1) above.
174 Appeals relating to preliminary pleas.S(1)Without prejudice to any right of appeal under section 175(1) to (6) or 191 of this Act, a party may, with the leave of the court (granted either on the motion of the party or ex proprio motu) and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by Act of Adjournal, appeal to the High Court against a decision of the court of first instance (other than a decision not to grant leave under this subsection) which relates to such objection or denial as is mentioned in section 144(4) of this Act; but such appeal must be taken not later than two days after such decision.
(c)against his absolute discharge or admonition or any probation order [F1, drug treatment and testing order] or any community service order or any order deferring sentence; or
[F2(ca)against any decision to remit made under section 49(1)(a) or (7)(b) of this Act;]
(d)against both such conviction and such sentence or disposal or order.
(3)The prosecutor in summary proceedings may appeal under this section to the High Court on a point of law—
[F3(4)The prosecutor in summary proceedings, in any class of case specified by order made by the Secretary of State, may, in accordance with subsection (4A) below, appeal to the High Court against any of the following disposals, namely—
[F4(ca)a decision under section 92 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 not to make a confiscation order;.]
[F5(dd)a drug treatment and testing order;]
(ii)paragraph (b) [F6, (c) or (ca)] of that subsection, that the decision not to make the order in question was inappropriate;
(iii)paragraph (d) [F7to] (e) of that subsection, that the making of the order concerned was unduly lenient or was on unduly lenient terms;
[F8(4B)For the purposes of subsection (4A)(b)(i) above in its application to a confiscation order by virtue of section 92(11) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the reference to the disposal being unduly lenient is a reference to the amount required to be paid by the order being unduly low.]
[F9(5)By an appeal under subsection (2) above, an appellant may bring under review of the High Court any alleged miscarriage of justice which may include such a miscarriage based, subject to subsections (5A) to (5D) below, on the existence and significance of evidence which was not heard at the original proceedings.
(5C)Without prejudice to subsection (5A) above, where evidence such as is mentioned in F10. . . subsection (5) above is evidence—
(8)A person who has appealed against both conviction and sentence, may abandon the appeal in so far as it is against conviction and may proceed with it against sentence alone, subject to such procedure as may be prescribed by Act of Adjournal.
(9)Where a convicted person or as the case may be a person found to have committed an offence desires to appeal under subsection (2)(b) or (c) above, or the prosecutor desires so to appeal by virtue of subsection (4) above, he shall pursue such appeal in accordance with sections 186, 189(1) to (6), 190 and 192(1) and (2) of this Act; but nothing in this section shall prejudice any right to proceed by bill of suspension, or as the case may be advocation, against an alleged fundamental irregularity relating to the imposition of sentence.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Words in s. 175(2)(c) inserted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 94(2), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 7(2); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(s) (subject to arts. 5-8)F2S. 175(2)(ca) inserted (1.8.1997) by 1997 c. 48, s. 23(c); S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch. (subject to arts. 4, 5)F3S. 175(4)(4A) substituted (1.8.1997) for s. 175(4) by 1997 c. 48, s. 21(2); S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch. (subject to arts. 4, 5)F4S. 175(4)(ca) inserted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 115(6), 458; S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(a) (subject to arts. 3-7)F5S. 175(4)(dd) inserted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 94(2), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 7(3); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(s) (subject to arts. 5-8)F6Words in s. 175(4A)(b)(ii) substituted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 115(7), 458; S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(a) (subject to arts. 3-7)F7Word in s. 175(4A)(b)(iii) substituted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 94(2), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 7(4); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(s) (subject to arts. 5-8)F8S. 175(4B) inserted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 115(8), 458; S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(a) (subject to arts. 3-7)F9S. 175(5)-(5E) substituted (1.8.1997) for s. 175(5) by 1997 c. 48, s. 17(2); S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch. (subject to arts. 4, 5)F10Words in s. 175(5C) repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 123, Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(y)(aa)(2)(kk)(3)(w) (subject to arts. 5-8)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 175(2)(b) amended (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 100(9), 458; S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(a) (subject to arts. 3-7)C2S. 175(3)(b) amended (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 100(9), 458; S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(a) (subject to arts. 3-7)Previous: CrossheadingNext: CrossheadingBack to topOptions/HelpPrint OptionsPrint The Whole ActPDF The Whole ActWeb page The Whole ActPrint The Whole PartPDF The Whole PartWeb page The Whole PartPrint This Cross Heading onlyPDF This Cross Heading onlyWeb page This Cross Heading onlyYou have chosen to open The Whole ActThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDFThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open The Whole Act without SchedulesThe Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open The Whole Act without Schedules as a PDFThe Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open the Whole ActThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open the Whole Act without Schedules