SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58)

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The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

In section 32(1) (power of Court of Session to regulate civil procedure in the sheriff court), after paragraph (i) insert—

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permitting a person who is not an advocate or solicitor and is not represented by an advocate or solicitor to transmit, whether orally or in writing, the views of a child to the sheriff for the purposes of any enactment which makes provision (however expressed) for the sheriff to have regard to those views.

3

In section 37(2A) (remit to Court of Session), for the words “the custody” substitute “ parental responsibilities or parental rights (within the meaning of sections 1(3) and 2(4) respectively of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to a child or the ”.