This Order may be cited as the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Order 2008.

The provisions of this article and articles 4 and 6 come into force on 1st December 2008.

All other articles come into force on the relevant date.

In this Order–

• “the 1975 Act” means the District Courts (Scotland) Act 19752;

• “the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 19883;

• “the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 19954;

• “the 2004 Act” means the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 20045;

• “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.