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The Intermediate Diets (Scotland) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/616 · Made 5 March 1996

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CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

Made 5th March 1996

Laid before Parliament 11th March 1996

Coming into force 1st April 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 148(7) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 46.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Citation, commencement and interpretation
  3. 3Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings
  4. 4Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings
  5. 5Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings
  6. 6Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings
  7. Signature
  8. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  9. Schedule 2Schedule 2
  10. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Intermediate Diets (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2Citation, commencement and interpretation

In this Order—

  • “the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; and

  • “commission area” has the same meaning as in section 26(1) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975f1.

3Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings

The sheriff court for each sheriff court district specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act (intermediate diet) in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996.

4Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings

The district court for each commission area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996.

5Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings

The sheriff court for the sheriff court district of Linlithgow is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 30th September 1996.

6Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings

The district courts for the commission areas of City of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1997.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

5th March 1996

Schedule 1

  • Aberdeen

  • Airdrie

  • Alloa

  • Arbroath

  • Ayr

  • Banff

  • Campbeltown

  • Cupar

  • Dingwall

  • Dumbarton

  • Dumfries

  • Dundee

  • Dunfermline

  • Dunoon

  • Duns

  • Edinburgh

  • Elgin

  • Falkirk

  • Forfar

  • Fort William

  • Glasgow

  • Greenock

  • Haddington

  • Hamilton

  • Inverness

  • Jedburgh

  • Kilmarnock

  • Kirkcaldy

  • Kirkcudbright

  • Lanark

  • Oban

  • Paisley

  • Peebles

  • Perth

  • Peterhead

  • Rothesay

  • Selkirk

  • Stirling

  • Stonehaven

  • Stranraer

  • Tain

  • Wick

Schedule 2

  • Aberdeen City

  • Aberdeenshire

  • Angus

  • City of Edinburgh

  • Clackmannanshire

  • Dundee City

  • East Ayrshire

  • East Dunbartonshire

  • East Lothian

  • Falkirk

  • Fife

  • East Renfrewshire

  • Inverclyde

  • Moray

  • Midlothian

  • North Ayrshire

  • Perth and Kinross

  • Renfrewshire

  • Stirling

  • South Ayrshire

  • North Lanarkshire

  • West Dunbartonshire

  • West Lothian

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes certain courts for the purposes of section 148(7) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in relation to proceedings commenced after a date which is also prescribed in the Order.

The effect of any such prescription is that the prescribed court will be required to hold an intermediate diet under that section in any case where proceedings are commenced after the prescribed date unless the court considers, on a joint application by the parties, that it would be inappropriate to hold an intermediate diet in that case.

Articles 3 and 4 prescribes certain sheriff courts and district courts specified in, respectively, Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Order, in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996. Article 5 prescribes the sheriff court for the sheriff court district of Linlithgow in relation to proceedings commenced after 30th September 1996. Article 6 prescribes the district courts for the commission areas of City of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1997.