57 Registration appeals: Scotland.U.K.
(1)Section 56 above applies to Scotland subject to the following modifications—
(a)subsection (2) shall be omitted;
(b)an appeal lies on any point of law from any decision of the sheriff under this section to the court of three judges constituted under subsection (2) below; and
(c)for any reference to the Court of Appeal there shall be substituted a reference to that court of three judges.
(2)The court for hearing appeals under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above shall consist of three judges of the Court of Session who shall be appointed by the Court of Session by act of sederunt and of whom one judge shall be appointed from each division of the Inner House and one from the Lords Ordinary in the Outer House; and the Principal Clerk of Session shall be the clerk of the court.
(3)The Court of Session may by act of sederunt fill any vacancy in the court of three judges, and regulate its sittings and forms of process so as to carry out the provisions of this Act; and acts of sederunt under this section may be made, and the court of three judges may sit, either during the sitting of the Court of Session or in vacation or recess.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 57 applied (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1986/2209, regs. 2, 3, 5(1)(6)–(8), Sch. 1 Pt. I
C2Ss. 56-58 applied (with modifications) (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/342, regs. 1(2)(3), 2(2), 9(4)
C3S. 57 restricted (31.7.1997) by 1997 c. 61, s. 1(3)
S. 57 restricted (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 3(1)
S. 57 applied (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 4(3) (with art. 4(5))
S. 57 applied (with modifications) (9.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1184, reg. 9, Sch. Pt. I (as substituted (17.3.2009) by S.I. 2009/726, regs. 1(1), 2(3)(4), Sch.)
C4S. 57 applied (with modifications) (S.) (8.8.2013) by Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 (asp 13), ss. 6, 13(1), sch. 1 Pts. 1, 2 (with s. 13(2))
C5S. 57(2) applied (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 4(2)