Section 14 Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• the expressions “records of the Court of Session” and “records of the High Court of Justiciary” mean the registers, minute books, processes, writs or documents belonging to or in the custody of the Court of Session (including the Court of Teinds as defined in the M1United Parishes (Scotland) Act 1876) and the High Court of Justiciary respectively;

• F1the expression “records of the Sheriff Appeal Court” includes the registers, minute books, processes, writs or documents belonging to or in the custody of the Sheriff Appeal Court;

• the expression “sheriff court records” includes the registers, minute books, processes, writs or documents belonging to or in the custody of sheriff courts or sheriff clerks;

• F2. . .

• F3 “ court records ” includes (in addition to records of the ordinary courts) records of the Scottish Land Court;

• F4 the expression “ JP court ” means a justice of the peace court;

• F5 the expression “ JP court records ” includes the registers, minute books, processes, writs or documents belonging to or in the custody of JP courts;

• F6 the expression “ local authority ” means an authority constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, and includes a joint board and a joint committee;

• the expression “ statutory body corporate ” shall be construed in accordance with section 5(2A) above.

Any question as to whether or not a document is part of the records of a particular court is to be determined—