# Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 83: Transitional provision: summary causes

Status: prospective

(1) Any reference, however expressed, in a pre-commencement enactment to proceedings being subject to summary cause procedure is, on and after the coming into force of this section, to be construed as a reference to proceedings being subject to simple procedure.
(2) Accordingly, any reference to proceedings being taken by way of summary cause is to be construed as a reference to proceedings being subject to simple procedure.
(3) In subsection (1), “pre-commencement enactment” means any enactment passed or made before this section comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/18/section/83 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-83
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