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The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2020

S.S.I. 2020/167 · Made 2 June 2020

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Court Of Session

Scottish Courts And Tribunals Service

Made 2nd June 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 4th June 2020

Coming into force 31st July 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(3) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018f1.

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Footnotes

f1

2018 asp 10.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 31 July 2020.

2Appointed day

31 July 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 20(1) to (6), (9) and (10) (group proceedings) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018.

Signature

ASH DENHAM

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

2nd June 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of these Regulations brings into force certain provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”).

Section 20(1) to (6), (9) and (10) relates to group proceedings and comes into force on 31 July 2020.

The Bill for the 2018 Act received Royal Assent on 5 June 2018. Sections 24 to 28 came into force on the following day and section 23 came into force on 5 August 2018.