Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

PART 8 CIVIL APPEALS

Court of Session Act 1988

32 (1) The Court of Session Act 1988 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) Section 24 (appeal to the Supreme Court in exchequer causes) is repealed.

(3) In section 32 (appeals)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “sheriff principal or sheriff under section 28 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court under section 113 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 or the judgment of a sheriff principal under section 114 of that Act”,

(b) in each of subsections (2) and (4), for “sheriff principal or sheriff” substitute “Sheriff Appeal Court or, as the case may be, the sheriff principal”.

(4) In section 52 (consequential amendments, repeals and savings), subsection (3) is repealed.

Constitutional Reform Act 2005

33 In section 40 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (jurisdiction of the Supreme Court), subsection (3) is repealed.