Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/part/IX/crossheading/failure-of-accused-to-appear
Timestamp: 2019-08-25 15:04:13
Document Index: 410257975

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 6', 'art. 3', 'art. 6', 'art. 3', 'art. 6', 'art. 2', 'art. 3']

Failure of accused to...
Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Failure of accused to appear
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Cross Heading: Failure of accused to appear is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 August 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes and effects yet to be applied to Part IX Crossheading Failure-of-accused-to-appear:
[F1(3A)The grant, under subsection (3) above, at an intermediate diet [F2or a diet under section 148A of this Act] of a warrant to apprehend the accused has the effect of discharging the trial diet as respects that accused.
[F3(3C)An order under subsection (3B) above—
(4)Intimation under subsection (2) above shall be sufficiently given by an officer of law, or by letter signed by the clerk of court or prosecutor and sent to the accused at his last known address by registered post or by the recorded delivery service, and the production in court of the written execution of such officer or of an acknowledgement or certificate of the delivery of the letter issued by the [F4postal operator] shall be sufficient evidence of such intimation having been duly given.
(i)in the [F6JP court] , 60 days; or
(ii)in the sheriff court, [F712] months.
(9)[F8A penalty under subsection (8) above shall] be imposed in addition to any other penalty which it is competent for the court to impose, notwithstanding that the total of penalties imposed may exceed the maximum penalty which it is competent to impose in respect of the original offence.
[F9(9A)The reference in subsection (9) above to a penalty being imposed in addition to another penalty means, in the case of sentences of imprisonment or detention—
[F10(10)At any time before the trial in the prosecution in which the failure to appear occurred, it is competent to amend the complaint to include an additional charge of an offence under subsection (8).]
F1S. 150(3A)(3B) inserted (retrospectively) by Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 4), s. 1(1)(2) (with s. 1(4))
F2Words in s. 150(3A) inserted (1.11.2002) by Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 9), s. 3, Sch. para. 12; S.S.I. 2002/443, art. 3
F3S. 150(3C) inserted (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 14(3)(a), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (as amended by S.S. I. 2007/527)
F4Words in s. 150(4) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 104(3) (subject to art. 1(3))
F5S. 150(5)-(7) repealed (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 14(3)(b), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (as amended by S.S. I. 2007/527)
F6Words in s. 150(8)(b)(i) 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(g); 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
F7Word in s. 150(8)(b)(ii) substituted (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 15(a), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (subject to art. 6) (as amended by S.S. I. 2007/527)
F8Words in s. 150(9) substituted (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 15(b), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (subject to art. 6) (as amended by S.S. I. 2007/527)
F9S. 150(9A)-(9C) inserted (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 15(c), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (subject to art. 6) (as amended by S.S. I. 2007/527)
F10S. 150(10) substituted (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 62(2), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, sch.
[F11150AProceedings in absence of accusedS
[F12(aa)in respect of an offence to which section 288DC of this Act applies;]
F11S. 150A inserted (10.12.2007) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 14(4), 84; S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3(1), Sch. (as amended by S.S. I. 2007/527)
F12S. 150A(8)(aa) inserted (1.4.2019) by Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 5), s. 15(2), sch. para. 4(13); S.S.I. 2018/387, reg. 2 (with reg. 7)