Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
Part 1 Bail
1 Consideration of bail on first appearance
2 Bail and liberation where person already in custody
3 Removal of restrictions on bail
4 Removal of restriction on appeals against refusal of bail
Part 2 Judicial appointments
Chapter 1 Variation of number of Inner House judges and filling of vacancies
5 Variation of number of Inner House judges and filling of vacancies
Chapter 2 Temporary and part-time sheriffs
6 Abolition of temporary sheriffs
7 Creation of part-time sheriffs
Chapter 3 Justices of the peace
8 Appointment of justices
9 Removal, restriction of functions and suspension of justices
10 Restriction of functions of justices who are councillors etc.
Part 3 Miscellaneous and general provisions
11 Abolition of prosecutions on behalf of or by local authorities
12 Minor and consequential amendments
13 Short title
SCHEDULE Minor and consequential amendments
1 Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c.58)
2 District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.20)
3 Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44)
4 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.40)
5 Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8)
6 Scottish Land Court Act 1993 (c.45)
7 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46)

Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Act 2000

2000 asp 9

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to change the law about bail; to enable alteration in the number of judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session; to abolish temporary sheriffs and create a new kind of sheriff; to change the law about justices of the peace; and to abolish district court prosecutions brought on behalf of or by local authorities.