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Section 46(1).

SCHEDULE 1S Minor and Consequential Amendment of Enactments

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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.

The M1Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926S

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.

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X1The text of ss. 31, 46, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 and Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted; it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

The M2Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act 1949S

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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 .

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X2The text of ss. 31, 46, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 and Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted; it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

F14S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Section 46(2).

X3SCHEDULE 2S Repeal of Enactments

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X3The text of ss. 31, 46, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 and Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted; it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Part IS General Repeals

Session and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
3 Geo. 4. c. 49.The Sheriffs of Edinburgh and Lanark Act 1822.The whole Act.
23 & 24 Vict. c. 79.The Sheriff Court Houses Act 1860.The whole Act.
29 & 30 Vict. c. 53.The Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Act 1866.The whole Act.
47 & 48 Vict. c. 42.The Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Amendment Act 1884.The whole Act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 50.The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.Section 37(2).
7 Edw. 7. c. 51.The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907.Sections 12 and 13.
Sections 15 and 16.
Sections 18 and 19.
Section 21.
Sections 25 and 26.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 35.The Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927.Section 14.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 41.The Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933.In section 31, subsections (2) to (5).
Section 32.
Sections 34 and 35.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 98.The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1939.The whole Act.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 10.The Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1948.Section 4.

Part IIS Repeals Consequent on Sections 35 to 38 of this Act

Session and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 41.The Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1837.The whole Act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 26.The Small Debt Amendment (Scotland) Act 1889.The whole Act.
7 Edw. 7. c. 51.The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907.In section 3, paragraph (i).
In section 7, the words “and of the Small Debt Acts”.
Section 8.
In section 28, in subsection (1), the proviso.
Sections 42 to 48.
In Schedule 1, Rule 40.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 16.The Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1924.In section 1, the words “the sheriff and”, the word “respectively”, the words “section eighteen of the Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1837 and”, the words “the sheriff or”, in both places where they occur, and the words “he or”.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 16.The Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926.In section 5, the words “ “small debt court” shall mean the sheriff’s small debt court”.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 38.The Hire Purchase and Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1932.The whole Act.
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 42.The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940.Section 1(4).
1963 c. 22.The Sheriff Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1963.Sections 1 and 2.
1965 c. 67.The Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965.In section 48, subsections (2) and (3).

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