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Paragraph 18 I1

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

(1)

The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)

In section 32(1) (power of Court of Session to regulate civil procedure in the sheriff court), after paragraph (i) insert—

“(j)

permitting a person who is not an advocate or solicitor and is not represented by an advocate or solicitor to transmit, whether orally or in writing, the views of a child to the sheriff for the purposes of any enactment which makes provision (however expressed) for the sheriff to have regard to those views.”.

(3)

In section 37(2A) (remit to Court of Session), for the words “the custody” substitute “ parental responsibilities or parental rights (within the meaning of sections 1(3) and 2(4) respectively of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to a child or the ”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 4 para. 18 wholly in force at 1.11.1996; Sch. 4 para. 18 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 105(1); Sch. 4 para. 18(1)(2) in force at 1.11.1995 by S.I. 1995/2787, art. 3, Sch.; Sch. 4 para. 18(3) in force at 1.11.1996 by S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch. (with arts. 4-7) (as amended (19.1.1997) by S.I. 1997/137, art. 2)