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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Court Of Session
Made
25th June 2019
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
27th June 2019
Coming into force in accordance with paragraph 1(2) to (4)
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.
1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 Amendment) (Court Sittings) 2019.
(2) This paragraph and paragraphs 2(1) and (2) come into force on 26th July 2019.
(3) Paragraphs 2(3)(a) and (c), and schedules 1 and 3, come into force on 1st January 2021.
(4) Paragraph 2(3)(b) and schedule 2 come into force on 6th January 2021.
(5) A certified copy is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.
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), in the definition of “public holiday”, in the column of the Table labelled “2020”—
(a)for “Monday 4th May 2020” substitute “Friday 8th May 2020”;
(b)for “Monday 14th September 2020” substitute “Monday 21st September 2020”.
(3) In rule 10.3—
(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.
CJM SUTHERLAND
Lord President
I.P.D.
Edinburgh
25th June 2019
Paragraph 2(3)(a)
2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|
Friday 1st January 2021 | Monday 3rd January 2022 | Monday 2nd January 2023 |
Monday 4th January 2021 | Tuesday 4th January 2022 | Tuesday 3rd January 2023 |
Friday 2nd April 2021 | Monday 11th April 2022 | Friday 7th April 2023 |
Monday 5th April 2021 | Friday 15th April 2022 | Monday 10th April 2023 |
Monday 19th April 2021 | Monday 18th April 2022 | Monday 17th April 2023 |
Monday 3rd May 2021 | Monday 2nd May 2022 | Monday 1st May 2023 |
Monday 17th May 2021 | Monday 16th May 2022 | Monday 15th May 2023 |
Monday 20th September 2021 | Monday 19th September 2022 | Monday 18th September 2023 |
Monday 6th December 2021 | Monday 5th December 2022 | Monday 4th December 2023 |
The afternoon of Friday 24th December 2021 | The afternoon of Friday 23rd December 2022 | The afternoon of Friday 22nd December 2023 |
Monday 27th December 2021 | Monday 26th December 2022 | Monday 25th December 2023 |
Tuesday 28th December 2021 | Tuesday 27th December 2022 | Tuesday 26th December 2023; |
Paragraph 2(3)(b)
First column | Second column |
---|---|
Saturday 27th March 2021 | Friday 9th April 2021 |
Saturday 18th December 2021 | Wednesday 5th January 2022 |
Saturday 9th April 2022 | Friday 22nd April 2022 |
Saturday 24th December 2022 | Friday 6th January 2023 |
Saturday 1st April 2023 | Friday 14th April 2023 |
Saturday 23rd December 2023 | Friday 5th January 2024; |
Paragraph 2(3)(c)
2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|
Wednesday 31st March 2021 | Wednesday 13th April 2022 | Wednesday 4th January 2023 |
Wednesday 7th April 2021 | Wednesday 20th April 2022 | Wednesday 5th April 2023 |
Wednesday 22nd December 2021 | Wednesday 28th December 2022 | Wednesday 12th April 2023 |
Wednesday 29th December 2021 | Wednesday 27th December 2023. |
(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 2023 Winter vacation. It also moves the early May holiday in 2020 to Friday 8th May to commemorate VE Day and corrects the date of the September holiday in 2020.
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. 2019/147). Chapter 10 was substituted by S.S.I. 2017/414.
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