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Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) 1996

S.I. 1996/2586 · Made 9 October 1996

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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1996/2445 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

Made 9th October 1996

Coming into force 31st October 1996

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of the said Act of 1971, do hereby enact and declare:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 58; section 32 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), Schedule 2, paragraph 12, by the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(4), and by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Revocation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) 1996 and shall come into force on 31st October 1996.

(2)

This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

2Revocation

Paragraph 2 of the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 1996f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Rodger of Earlsferry

Lord President, IPD

Edinburgh,

9th October 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt revokes paragraph 2 of the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) which provided that nothing in that Act of Sederunt was to affect any cause commenced before 1st November 1996. In consequence, the provisions of the 1996 Act will now apply equally to causes commenced before that date.