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Rule 6.1 Interpretation of this ChapterI1

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In this Chapter—

  • “the Act of 1937” means the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937f1;

  • “court” means the sheriff sitting as a court of summary jurisdiction.

  • F1“UNCRC requirements” have the meaning given by section 1(2) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 2 rule 6.1 inserted (16.7.2024) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024) 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/174), paras. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 rule 6.1 in force at 1.4.1996, see para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

1937 c. 37.