(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt adds new rules and Forms to the Rules of the Court of Session to deal with matters arising out of the Human Rights Act 1998.
New rule 82.2 makes provision for the citing of evidence of judgments, opinions etc of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Commission of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers.
New rules 82.3 to 82.5 make provision for proceedings related to declarations of incompatibility under section 4 of the 1998 Act.
Forms 82.3—A to 82.4 are Forms related to these new rules.