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[F1(1)Every local authority shall provide suitable and sufficient premises and facilities for the purposes of the district court.
(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, every regional, islands or district council having control of premises used to any extent for the purposes of the existing courts as at 15th May 1975 shall make those premises available for the purposes of the district court, and, where those premises include accommodation used by the prosecutor in the existing courts or in the district courts, that accommodation shall be made available to any procurator fiscal appointed by the Lord Advocate to serve in the district court for such period and at such times as the fiscal may require.F1]
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F1S. 8 ceases to have effect in so far as applies to the Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders (10.3.2008) by virtue of The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders) etc. Order 2008 (S.S.I 2008/31), art. 7(2), {Sch. 4 Pt. 2}
S. 8 ceases to have effect in so far as applies to the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands (2.6.2008) by virtue of The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands) Order 2008 (S.S.I 2008/93), art. 6, {Sch. 3}
S. 8 ceases to have effect in so far as applies to the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin (8.12.2008) by virtue of The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin) Order 2008 (S.S.I 2008/328), art. 8, {Sch.}
S. 8 ceases to have effect in so far as applies to the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife (23.2.2009) by virtue of The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Order 2008 (S.S.I 2008/363), art. 7, {Sch. 3}
S. 8 ceases to have effect in so far as applies to the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway (29.6.2009) by virtue of The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway) Order 2009 (S.S.I 2009/115), art. 8, {Sch. 3}
S. 8 ceases to have effect in so far as applies to the Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde (14.12.2009) by virtue of The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde) etc. Order 2009 (S.S.I 2009/331), art. 8, {Sch. 3}
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