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(1)The Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 (c.43) is amended as follows.
(2)In section 1 (High Court and Court of Session records), after subsection (2) add—
“(3)Before making an Act of Adjournal or an Act of Sederunt under subsection (1), the High Court of Justiciary or, as the case may be, the Court of Session must consult the Keeper.”.
(3)In section 2 (sheriff court records)—
(a)for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)A sheriff principal may, with the agreement of the Keeper, transmit any of the sheriff court records of the sheriff principal’s sheriffdom to the Keeper.”,
(b)in subsection (4), for “subsections (1) and (3)” substitute “subsection (1)”.
(4)In section 2A (JP court records)—
(a)for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)A sheriff principal may, with the agreement of the Keeper, transmit any of the JP court records of the sheriff principal’s sheriffdom to the Keeper.”,
(b)subsection (2) is repealed.
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