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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 250

Court Of Session

Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 Amendment) (Court Sittings) 2022

Made

17th August 2022

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

19th August 2022

Coming into force in accordance with paragraph 1(2) and (3)

The Court of Session makes this Act of Sederunt under the powers conferred by section 103(1) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014(1) and all other powers enabling it to do so.

Citation and commencement, etc.S

1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 Amendment) (Court Sittings) 2022.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), it comes into force on 1st January 2024.

(3) Paragraph 2(2)(b) and schedule 2 come into force on 6th January 2024.

(4) A certified copy is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Commencement Information

I1Para. 1 in force at 1.1.2024, see para. 1(2)

Amendment of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994S

2.—(1) Chapter 10 (court sittings) of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994(2) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) In rule 10.3 (holiday dates, periods and vacation sitting days)(3)—

(a)in the definition of “public holiday”, for the Table substitute the Table in schedule 1;

(b)in the definition of “vacation”, for the Table substitute the Table in schedule 2;

(c)in the definition of “vacation sitting day”, for the Table substitute the Table in schedule 3.

Commencement Information

I2Para. 2(1)(2)(a)(c) in force at 1.1.2024, see para. 1(2)

I3Para. 2(2)(b) in force at 6.1.2024, see para. 1(3)

CJM SUTHERLAND

Lord President

I.P.D.

Edinburgh

Paragraph 2(2)(a)

SCHEDULE 1S

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 1 in force at 1.1.2024, see para. 1(2)

Table

202420252026
Monday 1st January 2024Wednesday 1st January 2025Thursday 1st January 2026
Tuesday 2nd January 2024Thursday 2nd January 2025Friday 2nd January 2026
Friday 29th March 2024Monday 14th April 2025Friday 3rd April 2026
Monday 1st April 2024Friday 18th April 2025Monday 6th April 2026
Monday 15th April 2024Monday 21st April 2025Monday 20th April 2026
Monday 6th May 2024Monday 5th May 2025Monday 4th May 2026
Monday 20th May 2024Monday 19th May 2025Monday 18th May 2026
Monday 16th September 2024Monday 15th September 2025Monday 21st September 2026
Monday 2nd December 2024Monday 1st December 2025Monday 30th November 2026
The afternoon of Tuesday 24th  December 2024 The afternoon of Wednesday 24th  December 2025 The afternoon of Thursday 24th  December 2026
Wednesday 25th December 2024Thursday 25th December 2025Friday 25th December 2026
Thursday 26th December 2024Friday 26th December 2025Monday 28th December 2026;

Paragraph 2(2)(b)

SCHEDULE 2S

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 2 in force at 6.1.2024, see para. 1(3)

Table

First columnSecond column
Saturday 23rd March 2024Friday 5th April 2024
Saturday 21st December 2024Friday 3rd January 2025
Saturday 12th April 2025Friday 25th April 2025
Saturday 20th December 2025Monday 5th January 2026
Saturday 28th March 2026Friday 10th April 2026
Saturday 19th December 2026Tuesday 5th January 2027;

Paragraph 2(2)(c)

SCHEDULE 3S

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 3 in force at 1.1.2024, see para. 1(2)

Table

202420252026
Wednesday 3rd January 2024Wednesday 16th April 2025Wednesday 1st April 2026
Wednesday 27th March 2024Wednesday 23rd April 2025Wednesday 8th April 2026
Wednesday 3rd April 2024Tuesday 23rd December 2025Wednesday 23rd December 2026
[F1Monday 23rd December 2024]Tuesday 30th December 2025Wednesday 30th December 2026
[F2Monday 30th December 2024]

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt amends the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 to set out the public holidays, vacation periods and vacation sitting days of the Court of Session up to the end of the 2026 winter vacation.

(2)

The Rules of the Court of Session 1994 are in schedule 2 of the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994) 1994 (S.I. 1994/1443), last amended by S.S.I. 2022/135. Chapter 10 was substituted by S.S.I. 2017/414 and last amended by S.S.I. 2021/153.

(3)

Rule 10.3 was last amended by S.S.I. 2021/153. The Tables were substituted by S.S.I. 2019/227.