Repeal of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975

7.  The District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975(1) is hereby repealed.

(1)

1975 c. 20. Section 5(7) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 was repealed by article 7(1) of and Schedule 4 to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders) etc.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).

Sections 9, 9A (including the Justices of the Peace (Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/217) made under that section), 10 to 16, 17(3) and (4) and 18(4)(b) and (d) were repealed by article 3 of the District Courts and Justice of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/480). Paragraph (e) of section 18(4) was partially repealed by article 3(f) of the same Order.

Sections 1A, 5 (to the extent it was not already repealed), 7, 8, 17 (to the extent that is was not already repealed), 18 (to the extent that it was not already repealed), 20 and 23 were repealed in respect of the Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders; the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands; the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin; and the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife, by article 7(2) of and Schedule 4 to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders) etc. Order 2008; 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)); article 8 of and the Schedule to the Justice of the Peace Court (Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin) Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/328) (as amended by the Justice of the Peace Court (Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin) Amendment Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/374)); and article 7 of and Schedule 3 to the Justice of the Peace Court (Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/363) (as amended by the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Amendment Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/20)). Similar repeals will be made in respect of the Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde by the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde) Order 2009.