Procedure RulesS

39 Procedure rules.S

Subject to the provisions of any Act of Parliament in force after the passing of this Act, the procedure in all civil causes shall be conform to the rules of procedure set forth in the First Schedule hereto annexed. Such rules shall be construed and have effect as part of this Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 39 excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, rule 3.24, Sch. 3

40 Court of Session to regulate fees, &c.S

The Court of Session may from time to time, by Act of Sederunt, make such regulations, . . . F1 for regulating the fees of agents [F2(other than such of the fees of agents as the Secretary of State may regulate under or by virtue of section 14A of the M1Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1967)] , officers, shorthand writers, and others, . . . F3; . . . F4 Provided . . . F5 that every such Act of Sederunt shall, within one week from the date thereof, be transmitted by the Lord President of the Court of Session to the [F6Secretary of State], in order that it may be laid before the Houses of Parliament; and, if either of the Houses of Parliament shall within thirty-six days after it has been laid before them resolve that the whole or any part of such Act of Sederunt ought not to continue in force, the whole or such part thereof as shall be included in such resolution shall from and after the date of the passing of such resolution cease to be binding.

41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7S

42—48.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8S

49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9S