Schedule

Temporary justice measures
Part 1

Courts and tribunals: conduct of business by electronic means etc.
Chapter 1

Documents

Intimation etc. on Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website
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1
Any requirement (however expressed) that a document—
a
be put on the walls, doors or any other part of a court building (whether internal or external), or
b
be made publicly available in any other way within a court building,
may be fulfilled instead by the document’s being made publicly available through the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website.
2
But sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a document if it is of a type that—
a
the Lord President of the Court of Session, or
b
the Lord Justice General,
has directed that sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to.
3
Where a document is to be made publicly available through the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website by virtue of this paragraph, it is to so be made available in accordance with—
a
any direction issued by—
i
the Lord President of the Court of Session, or
ii
the Lord Justice General, and
b
(subject to any necessary modifications) any enactment about—
i
how a step mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of sub-paragraph (1) is to be taken in relation to the document, or
ii
the length of time for which the document is to be made publicly available in a way described by those paragraphs.
4
A direction under sub-paragraph (3)(a) may, in particular, provide that a document is to be made available only in a redacted form.
5
If an enactment provides for an alternative to taking a step mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of sub-paragraph (1) as a means of achieving an outcome (for example, advertising an application in a newspaper as a means of intimating it), nothing in this paragraph precludes the taking of that alternative step to achieve the outcome.
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In this paragraph, “the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website” means the website maintained by, or on behalf of, the Service with the internet domain name scotcourts.gov.uk.
Sch. para. 4 in force at 1.10.2022, see s. 59(1)
Sch. para. 4 continued until 30.11.2024 (30.11.2023) by virtue of The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Extension and Expiry of Temporary Justice Measures) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/360), regs. 1(3), 3(2)
Sch. para. 4 continued until 30.11.2025 (30.11.2024) by The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Extension of Temporary Justice Measures) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/322), regs. 1(2), 2(2)