Appeals to Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

1 This section applies where the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council determines an appeal under paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 against a determination of a devolution issue 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 Judicial Committee as it would have if it were considering the proceedings otherwise than as a trial court.