Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985

1. Introductory Text

2. Provisions relating to leases

   1. 1. Limitation on use of property held on long lease not to apply to property held on certain renewable leases

   2. 2. Power of sheriff to grant renewals of certain long leases

   3. 3. Creation of real conditions in assignations of certain long leases

   4. 4. Irritancy clauses etc. relating to monetary breaches of lease

   5. 5. Irritancy clauses etc. not relating to monetary breaches of lease

   6. 6. Supplementary and transitional provisions relating to sections 4 and 5

   7. 7. Interpretation of sections 4 to 6

3. Provisions relating to other contracts and obligations

   1. 8. Rectification of defectively expressed documents

   2. 9. Provisions supplementary to section 8: protection of other interests

   3. 10. Negligent misrepresentation

   4. 11. Amendment of Bills of Exchange Act 1882 as respects countermanded cheques

   5. 12. Limitation of defamation and other actions

   6. 13. Amendments of Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981

4. Provisions relating to civil jurisdiction and procedure

   1. 14. Remit from Court of Session to sheriff

   2. 15. Withdrawal of privilege against self-incrimination in certain proceedings relating to intellectual property

   3. 16. Power of sheriff to interdict removal of child

   4. 17. Power of sheriff to order sheriff clerk to execute deeds relating to heritage

   5. 18. Small claims

   6. 19. Disclosure of names in certain proceedings

5. Other provisions relating to courts

   1. 20. Removal of prohibition of sheriffs' principal and sheriffs' accepting appointment to certain offices

   2. 21. Additional court holidays

   3. 22. Re-employment of retired judges

   4. 23. Replacement of general jury book by lists of men and women eligible for jury service

6. Provisions relating to the care of children

   1. 24. Power to increase size of Children's Panel Advisory Committees

   2. 25. Amendment of provisions about detention of children

   3. 26. Amendment of power to detain children in secure accommodation

   4. 27. Requirement of children's hearing for pre-adoptive supervision not to constitute making arrangements for adoption for purposes of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

   5. 28. Child subject to supervision requirement to be regarded as in the care of the local authority for the purposes of his being freed for adoption under section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

   6. 29. Reporter's power to arrange review by children's hearing of supervision requirement

7. Procedures relating to crofting tenure and the valuation of sheep stocks

   1. 30. Interest on awards of compensation by Scottish Land Court

   2. 31. Restriction of duty to record notice of cesser of conditions relating to croft

   3. 32. Rules as to valuation of sheep stocks

8. Criminal courts, procedure, evidence and justice

   1. 33. Establishment and disestablishment of district courts

   2. 34. Power of Secretary of State to remove justices etc

   3. 35. Provisions as to persons arrested in respect of terrorism

   4. 36. Evidence in trials of certain sexual offences

   5. 37. Evidence in replication

   6. 38. Corroboration not required in relation to vehicle licensing offences

   7. 39. Fines in respect of drug offences

   8. 40. Further provision as to fines

   9. 41. Penalties under food and drugs legislation

   10. 42. Amendments of Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952

   11. 43. Detention of young offenders

   12. 44. Functions of Parole Board for Scotland and local review committees in relation to children detained on conviction on indictment

   13. 45. Supervision of children released after detention

   14. 46. Post-release supervision of service offenders

9. Miscellaneous and general

   1. 47. Transfer of sheriff clerks and procurators fiscal

   2. 48. Power of Lord Advocate and Secretary of State in relation to research into law

   3. 49. Arrestment of National Savings Bank deposits

   4. 50. Registration of divorces and declarators of nullity of marriage

   5. 51. Amendments to Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 as respects hospital orders

   6. 52. Application of certain liquor licensing appeal provisions to certain appeals under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976

   7. 53. Amendment of definition of " alcoholic liquor "

   8. 54. Clarification of investment powers of Scottish Hospital Trust and Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust

   9. 55. Power of Commissioner for Local Administration to investigate Scottish Special Housing Association and new town development corporations

   10. 56. Amendment of enactments relating to solicitors

   11. 57. Power to pay extra- parliamentary Commissioners for service on inquiries under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936

   12. 58. Finance

   13. 59. Amendment and repeal of enactments

   14. 60. Citation, transitional provisions, commencement and extent

10. Schedules

    1. Schedule 1

       Amendments of Legal Aid and Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1949 and Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

    2. Schedule 2

       Amendment of enactments

    3. Schedule 3

       Transitional provisions

    4. Schedule 4

       Repeals