2000 No. 144

COURT OF SESSION

Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 3) (Appeals from the Competition Commission) 2000

Made

Coming into force

The Lords of Council and Session, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 5 of the Court of Session Act 19881 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement1

This Act of Sederunt—

a

may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 3) (Appeals from the Competition Commission) 2000;

b

shall come into force on 12th June 2000; and

c

shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Appeals from Competition Commission2

In Rule 41.44 of the Rules of the Court of Session2, in paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (l) there is inserted—

m

an appeal under section 49 of the Competition Act 1998 (appeal from the Competition Commission).

Rodger of EarlsferryI.P.D.Edinburgh Lord President,

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

This Act of Sederunt amends Rule 41.44 of the Rules of the Court of Session to provide that appeals from the Competition Commission under section 49 of the Competition Act 1998 may not be remitted from the Inner House to the Outer House. This replicates the prohibition on the remission of appeals from the Restrictive Practices Court under section 10 of the Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 from the Inner House to the Outer House.