Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 513 (S.47)

Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

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1996 No. 513 (S.47)

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, SCOTLAND

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

SUMMARY JURISDICTION, SCOTLAND

Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

The Lord Justice General, Lord Justice-Clerk and Lords Commissioners of Justiciary under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 305 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995^[1], the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Act of Adjournal and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement
    1.—(1)  This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

    (2)  This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.

Criminal Procedure Rules
    2.    Schedule 2 to this Act of Adjournal shall have effect for the purpose of providing new rules of procedure in the High Court of Justiciary, in the sheriff court in exercise of its criminal jurisdiction, and in the district court.

Revocations
    3.    The Acts of Adjournal mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act of Adjournal are revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

Hope of Craighead

Lord Justice General, I.P.D.
Edinburgh,

29th February 1996

[1] 1995 c. 46. back

Explanatory Note