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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Justice of the Peace Court (Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin) Order 2008.
(2) The provisions of this article, articles 4, 6, and 7(9) and (10) come into force on 10th November 2008.
(3) All other articles come into force on the relevant date.
(4) In this Order–
“the 1975 Act” means the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975(1);
“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(2);
“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(3);
“the 2004 Act” means the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004(4);
“the 2007 Act” means the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007;
“the appointed JP court” means the JP court which the Sheriff Principal determines is the appointed JP court (under section 66(5) of the 2007 Act) in relation to the Glasgow District Court;
“relevant date” means 8th December 2008; and
“Glasgow District Court” means the district court for the Commission Area of Glasgow City Council(5).
District courts were established for commission areas by virtue of section 1(1) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975. “Commission areas” is defined in section 26 of that Act as “the area of a local authority”. “Local authority” is defined as a “council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994” (c.39).
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