Explanatory Notes

Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

2014 asp 18

10 November 2014

The Act

Schedule 5 – Modifications of enactments

Part 8 – Civil appeals

Paragraph 32 - Court of Session Act 1988

329.Subparagraph (3) makes amendments to the Court of Session Act 1988 to take account of the introduction of the Sheriff Appeal Court. Subsections (2) and (4) provide for the repeal of provisions for exchequer cause appeals to the Supreme Court that are restated in section 117.

Paragraph 33 – Constitutional Reform Act 2005

330.Paragraph 33 repeals section 40(3) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 in consequence of the new provisions at section 117 of the Act. Section 40 of the 2005 Act deals with the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.