2006 No. 437

SHERIFF COURT

Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) Amendment (Miscellaneous) 2006

Made

Coming into force

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred by section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 19711, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of that Act, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) Amendment (Miscellaneous) 2006 and shall come into force on 1st September 2006.

2

This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Amendment of Summary Application Rules2

1

The Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 19992 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.

2

After Part XXX (Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003)3 there shall be inserted the following:–

PART XXXIFOOTBALL BANNING ORDERS

Interpretation3.31.1

In this Part–

  • “the Act” means the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 20064;

  • “football banning order” means an order made under section 52(4) of the Act.

Applications for variation or termination of a football banning order3.31.2

1

An application under–

a

section 57(1) of the Act for variation of a football banning order; or

b

section 58(1) of the Act for termination of a football banning order,

shall be made by minute in the process relating to the football banning order.

2

A minute under paragraph (1) shall be made in accordance with and regulated by Chapter 14 of the Ordinary Cause Rules.

PART XXXIIANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE

Interpretation3.32.1

In this Part–

  • “the 1981 Act” means the Animal Health Act 19815; and

  • “the 2006 Act” means the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 20066.

Interim orders3.32.2

1

An application for an interim order under–

a

section 28G(10) of the 1981 Act7; or

b

section 41(9) of the 2006 Act,

shall be made by crave in the initial writ in which a seizure order is sought.

2

An application for an interim order once craved shall be moved by motion to that effect.

Interim orders pending appeal3.32.3

An application for an interim order under–

a

section 28H(2) of the 1981 Act8; or

b

section 43(5) of the 2006 Act,

where a seizure order is suspended or inexecutable shall be made by motion.

A C HamiltonLord President I.P.D.Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt makes miscellaneous amendments to the Summary Application Rules in the sheriff court (“the Rules”).

Paragraph 2(2) inserts a new Part XXXI into the Rules which provides for the procedure for applications for variation and termination of football banning orders under the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice Act 2006. It then goes on to insert a new Part XXXII into the Rules which provides for the procedure for applications for various interim orders under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 and the Animal Health Act 1981, as amended by that Act.