PART IX S Summary Proceedings

General S

[F1 [F2 137AA. Transfer of sheriff court summary proceedings within sheriffdom: power of sheriff principal S

Where, because of exceptional circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen, it is not practicable for a sheriff court in a sheriffdom to proceed with some or all of the summary cases due to call at a diet, the sheriff principal may, of the sheriff principal’s own accord, make an order for—

(a) the transfer of the proceedings to a sheriff court in any other district in that sheriffdom; and

(b) adjournment to a diet of that court.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 137A, 137B inserted (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7) , ss. 58(2) , 89 ; S.S.I. 2003/288 , art. 2 , Sch.

F2 S. 137AA inserted (25.3.2020) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/93), paras. 1(2), 2(4)