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Article 2
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| (sheriff court district in which justice of the peace courts are established) | (location at which justice of the peace courts are to take place) |
| Arbroath | Arbroath |
| Forfar | Forfar |
| Dundee | Dundee |
| Perth | Perth |
| Alloa | Alloa |
| Falkirk | Falkirk |
| Stirling | Stirling |
| Cupar | Cupar |
| Dunfermline | Dunfermline |
| Kirkcaldy | Kirkcaldy |
Article 3
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Clackmannanshire Council
Dundee City Council
Falkirk Council
Fife Council
Perth and Kinross Council
Stirling Council
Article 7
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| (provisions of the 1975 Act) | (subject matter) |
| Section 1A | Further provision as to establishment and disestablishment of district courts |
| Section 5 (to the extent that it is not already repealed(8)) | Stipendiary magistrates |
| Section 7 | Clerk of district court |
| Section 8 | Court houses for district court |
| Section 17 (to the extent that it is not already repealed(9)) | Allowances |
| Section 18 (to the extent that it is not already repealed(10)) | Appointment and duties of clerk of the peace |
| Section 20 | Custody of records |
| Section 23 | District court and justice of the peace expenses and destination of fines |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes various provisions in relation to the establishment of justice of the peace courts (“JP courts”) in the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.
JP courts are being established on a Sheriffdom by Sheriffdom basis and have already been established in Lothian and Borders and Grampian, Highland and Islands, and from 8th December 2008, in Glasgow and Strathkelvin.
Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the Order specify the justice of the peace courts which are to be established in the various Sheriff Court Districts within the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.
Article 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Order make provision for the disestablishment of the district courts (established under the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975) which sit within the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife. Those district courts are disestablished by reference to commission areas (areas of Councils) in which they were established.
Article 4 confirms that a scheme to be made by the Scottish Ministers (under section 65(2) of the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007) will identify which staff of the district courts that scheme will apply to. The effect of that scheme will be that certain staff (being employees of the local authorities which administer the district courts) will transfer to the employment of the Scottish Administration.
Article 5 makes incidental, consequential and transitional provision in relation to certain fixed penalties and conditional offers of penalties. These provisions will allow the clerks to the justice of the peace courts to deal with matters relating to these penalties and offers which were previously dealt with by the clerk to the, disestablished, district courts.
Article 6 makes further transitional provision allowing accused persons and witnesses to be cited to the JP courts in the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife, prior to their establishment. The article also makes transitional provision for fixing diets in those courts and for dealing with the alteration of such diets (under sections 137 and 137ZA of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) and incidental applications made in respect of such cases (under section 134 of that Act).
Article 7 of and Schedule 3 to the Order make provision in relation to the repeal of various sections of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975. These repeals apply only to the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife and are consequential upon the establishment of JP courts in that Sheriffdom and the disestablishment of the district courts.
Similar repeals are made in respect of the Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders; the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands and the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, by article 7(2) of and Schedule 4 to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders) etc. Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/31); article 6 of and Schedule 3 to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands) Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/93) (as amended by the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highlands and Islands) Amendment Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/179)); and article 8 of and the Schedule to the Justice of the Peace Court (Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin) Order (S.S.I. 2008/328). Back [7]
Section 5(7) of the 1975 Act was repealed by article 7(1) of and Schedule 4 to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders) etc. Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/31). Back [8]
Section 17(3) and (4) of the 1975 Act were repealed by article 3(d) of the District Courts and Justice of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/480). Back [9]
Paragraphs (b) and (d) of section 18(4) of the 1975 Act were repealed by article 3(e) of the District Courts and Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007. Paragraph (e) of section 18(4) was partially repealed by article 3(f) of the same Order. Back [10]
The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Order 2008