{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-scotland-act-1937/section-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-scotland-act-1937/section-2A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/43",
  "legislation_title": "Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-scotland-act-1937",
  "path": "section/2A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "JP court records",
  "text": "(1) A sheriff principal may, with the agreement of the Keeper, transmit any of the JP court records of the sheriff principal's sheriffdom to the Keeper.\n( 2 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Where any record transmitted to the Keeper under subsection (1) above is required for the purpose of proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary, the Court of Session, the Sheriff Appeal Court, or any sheriff court or JP court, the Keeper shall re-transmit the record to the clerk of the relevant court on an order of a judge of the High Court or Court of Session, of an Appeal Sheriff, of an Appeal Sheriff or of the sheriff or judge of a JP court (as the case may be), and a record so re-transmitted shall be returned by the clerk to the Keeper as soon as may be after it has ceased to be required for the purpose.\n( 4 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2A inserted (S.) (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 2(1); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 2A(1) substituted (1.1.2013) by Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 12), ss. 15(4)(a), 16(1); S.S.I. 2012/247, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 2A(2) repealed (1.1.2013) by Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 12), ss. 15(4)(b), 16(1); S.S.I. 2012/247, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 2A(3) inserted (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), sch. 5 para. 11(4)(a); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 2A(3) inserted (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), sch. 5 para. 11(4)(b); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 2A(4) repealed (1.1.2013) by Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 12), ss. 14(a), 16(1); S.S.I. 2012/247, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/43/section/2A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:18.216747+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}