(Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 will introduce new provisions to allow warrantsto be granted for obstructive witnesses, to release witnesses on bail until theygive evidence and to create a new offence of failing to appear as a witness whenon bail.Secondly, in relationto witnesses who might feel intimidated, the 2007 act also provides a new standardbail condition that an accused on bail does not behave in a manner which causes,or is likely to cause, alarm or distress to witnesses.