1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Order 2008.
2 The provisions of this article and articles 4 and 6 come into force on 1st December 2008.
3 All other articles come into force on the relevant date.
4 In this Order–
“the 1975 Act” means the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975;
“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988;
“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;
“the 2004 Act” means the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004;
“the 2007 Act” means the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007;
“the appointed JP court” means the JP court which the Sheriff Principal determines is the appointed JP court (under section 66(5) of the 2007 Act) in relation to a relevant district court;
“relevant date” means 23rd February 2009; and
“relevant district court” means a district court disestablished by this Order.
1975 c. 20.
1988 c. 53.
1995 c. 46.
2004 asp 8.