Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980

11 No jury trial in civil actions in sheriff court

(1) It shall not be competent to appoint a civil action to be tried before a jury in the sheriff court; and accordingly—

(a) in the [1907 c. 51.] Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907—

(i) section 31 (jury trial in sheriff court) shall cease to have effect; and

(ii) in Schedule 1 (rules for regulating procedure in the ordinary courts), rules 133 to 150 shall cease to have effect; and

(b) section 6 of the [1913 c. 28.] Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1913 (procedure at jury trials) shall cease to have effect.

(2) Subsection (1) above, and Schedule 3 to this Act in so far as that Schedule relates to—

(a) sections 3, 27(D) and 31 and rules 133 to 150 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 ;

(b) section 2 of the [1910 c. 31.] Jury Trials Amendment (Scotland) Act 1910;

(c) section 6 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1913 ;

(d) section 2 of the [1958 c. 61.] Interest on Damages (Scotland) Act 1958:

(e) section 1 of the [1971 c. 31.] Interest on Damages (Scotland) Act 1971; or

(f) section 40, and the reference thereto in section 41, of the [1971 c. 58.] Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971,

have no effect as regards any action which the sheriff has, before the coming into force of this section, appointed to be tried before a jury.