Vulnerable witnesses and parties 25 4 Vulnerable witnesses: prohibition of personal conduct of case (1) The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 is modified as follows. (2) In section 11 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (5), in the definition of “relevant proceedings”, for “of the 2011 Act (other than section 98 or 99)” substitute “and section 154 of the 2011 Act”. 30 (3) After section 11 insert— “11A Deemed vulnerable witnesses: relevant proceedings (1) In relevant proceedings, the court is to consider a person to be a vulnerable witness if it is alleged in the statement of grounds that the person is the victim of any of the following conduct— 35 (a) conduct amounting to— (i) an offence mentioned in schedule 1 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Children (Scotland) Bill 5 (ii) an offence under Part 1, 4 or 5 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, (b) domestic abuse, (c) being forced into a marriage or civil partnership. 5 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)— (a) “the statement of grounds” means the statement of grounds, within the meaning of section 89(3) of the 2011 Act, that— (i) gave rise to the relevant proceedings, or (as the case may be) (ii) gave rise to the grounds determination which, in turn, gave rise to 10 the relevant proceedings, (b) the reference to being forced into a marriage is to be construed in accordance with subsections (4) to (6) of section 1 of the Forced Marriage etc.