Part VII Supplementary

51 Interpretation

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—

  • action” means a cause initiated by a summons;

  • the Court” means the Court of Session and, in any provision conferring a power on the Court with regard to a cause before it, means, as the case may be, a Division of the Inner House, a Division sitting with an additional judge or judges or a Lord Ordinary;

  • enactment” includes an act of sederuntF1and an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

  • the Inner House” means, in any provision conferring power on it, a Division thereof;

  • the Lord President” means the Lord President of the Court of Session;

  • prescribed” means prescribed by act of sederunt;

  • solicitor” has the same meaning as in section 65(1) of the M1Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.