Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990
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70 Blood and other samples in civil proceedings.
(1) In any civil proceedings to which this section applies, the court may (whether or not on application made to it) request a party to the proceedings— (a) to provide a sample of blood or other body fluid or of body tissue for the purpose of laboratory analysis; (b) to consent to the taking of such a sample from a child in relation to whom the party has power to give such consent. (2) Where a party to whom a request under subsection (1) above has been made refuses or fails— (a) to provide or, as the case may be, to consent to the taking of, a sample as requested by the court, or (b) to take any step necessary for the provision or taking of such a sample, the court may draw from the refusal or failure such adverse inference, if any, in relation to the subject matter of the proceedings as seems to it to be appropriate. (3) In section 6 of the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (determination of parentage by blood sample)— (a) in subsection (1), for the words “blood sample” there shall be substituted “ sample of blood or other body fluid or of body tissue ”; and (b) in each of subsections (2), (3) and (4), for the words “a blood” there shall be substituted “ such a ”. (4) This section applies to any civil proceedings brought in the Court of Session or the sheriff court— (a) on or after the date of the commencement of this section; or (b) before the said date in a case where the proof has not by that date begun.
70 Blood and other samples in civil proceedings.
(1) In any civil proceedings to which this section applies, the court may (whether or not on application made to it) request a party to the proceedings— (a) to provide a sample of blood or other body fluid or of body tissue for the purpose of laboratory analysis; (b) to consent to the taking of such a sample from a child in relation to whom the party has power to give such consent. (2) Where a party to whom a request under subsection (1) above has been made refuses or fails— (a) to provide or, as the case may be, to consent to the taking of, a sample as requested by the court, or (b) to take any step necessary for the provision or taking of such a sample, the court may draw from the refusal or failure such adverse inference, if any, in relation to the subject matter of the proceedings as seems to it to be appropriate. (3) In section 6 of the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (determination of parentage by blood sample)— (a) in subsection (1), for the words “blood sample” there shall be substituted “ sample of blood or other body fluid or of body tissue ”; and (b) in each of subsections (2), (3) and (4), for the words “a blood” there shall be substituted “ such a ”. (4) This section applies to any civil proceedings brought in the Court of Session or the sheriff court— (a) on or after the date of the commencement of this section; or (b) before the said date in a case where the proof has not by that date begun.
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