The Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands) Order 2008

Disestablishment of district courts

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3.  The district courts established for the commission areas listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are disestablished on the relevant date(1).

(1)

District courts were established for commission areas by virtue of section 1(1) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975. “Commission areas” is defined in section 26 of that Act as “the area of a local authority”. “Local authority” is defined as a “council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994” (c.39).