SCHEDULE 2Establishment of the Sheriff Appeal Court
PART 1Modification of primary legislation
Road Traffic Offenders Act 19882
1
Section 41 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 19889 (power of High Court of Justiciary to suspend disqualification) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2)—
a
the words “to the High Court of Justiciary” are repealed; and
b
after “the court” where it first occurs insert “hearing the appeal”.
3
After subsection (2) insert—
2A
Where the court hearing the appeal is the Sheriff Appeal Court, the reference in subsection (2) to a single judge of the court is a reference to an Appeal Sheriff.
4
In subsection (3), for “High Court” substitute “court hearing the appeal”.
5
The title of that section becomes “Power of appellate courts in Scotland to suspend disqualification.”.