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Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971

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Part IIS Repeals Consequent on Sections 35 to 38 of this Act

Session and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 41.The Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1837.The whole Act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 26.The Small Debt Amendment (Scotland) Act 1889.The whole Act.
7 Edw. 7. c. 51.The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907.In section 3, paragraph (i).
In section 7, the words “and of the Small Debt Acts”.
Section 8.
In section 28, in subsection (1), the proviso.
Sections 42 to 48.
In Schedule 1, Rule 40.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 16.The Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1924.In section 1, the words “the sheriff and”, the word “respectively”, the words “section eighteen of the Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1837 and”, the words “the sheriff or”, in both places where they occur, and the words “he or”.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 16.The Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926.In section 5, the words “ “small debt court” shall mean the sheriff’s small debt court”.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 38.The Hire Purchase and Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1932.The whole Act.
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 42.The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940.Section 1(4).
1963 c. 22.The Sheriff Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1963.Sections 1 and 2.
1965 c. 67.The Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965.In section 48, subsections (2) and (3).

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