Explanatory note

This Act of Adjournal arises out of the enacting of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) which consolidates enactments relating to criminal procedure including those mentioned below. The Act of Adjournal makes new rules for the High Court of Justiciary, for the sheriff court in exercise of its criminal jurisdiction, and for the district court, consolidating, with amendments, the Act of Adjournal (Consolidation) 1988 and certain provisions of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887 (c. 35), the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 94), the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 (c. 48) and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21).

The provisions in the enactments mentioned above which are consolidated in this Act of Adjournal, and the respective provisions in the Act of Adjournal which re-enact them, are set out in the Table of Destinations attached to this Act of Adjournal.