1 High Court and Court of Session records.U.K.
(1)The records of the High Court of Justiciary and of the Court of Session shall be transmitted to the [F1Keeper of the Records of Scotland] (hereinafter referred to as the Keeper) at such times, and subject to such conditions, as may respectively be prescribed by Act of Adjournal or Act of Sederunt.
(2)An Act of Adjournal or an Act of Sederunt under the foregoing subsection may fix different times and conditions of transmission for different classes of records and may make provision for re-transmission of records to the Court when such re-transmission is necessary for the purpose of any proceedings before the Court, and for the return to the Keeper of records so re-transmitted as soon as may be after they have ceased to be required for such purpose.
[F2(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Public Registers and Records (Scotland) Act 1948 (c. 57), s. 1(3)(7)
F2S. 1(3) added (S.) (1.1.2013) by Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 12), ss. 15(2), 16(1); S.S.I. 2012/247, art. 2