Section 46(1).
1SIn any enactment passed or made before the commencement of this Act, for any reference to a county, where it appears in relation to a sheriff or a sheriff substitute or in any similar context, there shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be substituted a reference to a sheriffdom.
Marginal Citations
X12(1)In paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 2 (execution of arrestment or charge by registered letter),for the words “of the small debt court” there shall be substituted the words “of the sheriff in a summary cause”.S
(2)In paragraph (b) of the said subsection (1), for the words “in the small debt court”there shall be substituted the words “by the sheriff in a summary cause”.
(3)In section 5 (interpretation),the words “ “small debt court”shall mean the sheriffs small debt court”shall cease to have effect.
Editorial Information
X1The text of ss. 31, 46, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 and Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted; it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
Marginal Citations
X23SFor subsection (7) of section 1 (renewal of tenancies of shops),there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
“(7)An application under this section shall be made by way of a summary cause within the meaning of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 .”
Editorial Information
X2The text of ss. 31, 46, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 and Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted; it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
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