# Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) (Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007) 2008, Article 2: Establishment of justice of the peace courts


(1) For paragraph 2 of the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 substitute–
“2 Schedule 2 to this Act of Adjournal shall have effect for the purpose of providing rules of procedure in the High Court of Justiciary, in the sheriff court in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction and in a justice of the peace court.”.
(2) In the Rules, for the words “district court”, “[district] court” and “district courts” wherever they appear in the following provisions, substitute “justice of the peace court”, “[justice of the peace] court” and “justice of the peace courts” respectively–
(a) rule 18.1(4);
(b) rule 32.2(1);
(c) rule 36.2(3);
(d) Forms 2.6-B, 2.6-BA, 2.6D, 2.6-EA, 2.6-EB, 2.6-EC, 2.6-ED, 2.6-EE, 2.6-EF, 2.6-EG, 2.6-EH, 2.6-F, A4.1, 16.1-A, 16.1-BB, 16.4-C, 16.6-A, 16.6-C, 16.6-D, 16.7, 17.1, 19.1-A, 19.2-A, 19.2-B, 19.3-A, 19.4, 19.5, 19.7, 19.9, 20.3-B, 20.3-C, 20.6-A, 20.6-B, 20.6-C, 20.8, 20.9-A, 20.9-B, 20.9-C, 20.10-B, 20.10-C, 20.10B, 20.11-C, 20.11-D, 20.12-B, 20.12A-B, 20.12A-C, 20.12A-D, 20.12B-B, 20.12B-C, 20.12C-B, 20.12C-C, 20.18-B, 20.19-A, 20.19-B, 21.1-A, 21.3, 21.5, 27.3, 28.1-B, 28.2, 29.1-B, 31.5, 31.7, 32.2, 36.2, 38, 40.3A, 40.3A-A, 40.3B, 40.4A, 40.4A-A, 40.4B, 40.7, 40.12, 46.2, 51.4 and 51.6.
(3) The references in the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 to “justice of the peace court”, “[justice of the peace] court” and “justice of the peace courts” include, so far as still relevant, “district court”, “[district] court” and “district courts” respectively.
(4) Subject to subparagraph (5), subparagraph (3) ceases to apply at such time as there cease to be any district courts.
(5) Subparagraph (3) continues to apply after the time mentioned in subparagraph (4) in so far as necessary for the purposes of any appeal from a district court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/61/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007-2008/article-2
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