Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016.
Appointed day2.
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule to this Order (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table) is 1st April 2016.
(2)
Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the table in the Schedule, a provision specified in column 1 of that table comes into force only for that purpose.
Justice of the peace courts: summary criminal jurisdiction and powers where proceedings heard by a stipendiary magistrate3.
(1)
Paragraph (2) applies to proceedings in a JP court—
(a)
heard to any extent by a stipendiary magistrate; and
(b)
in which sentence has not been pronounced before 1st April 2016.
(2)
A JP court when constituted by a summary sheriff has, in addition to the jurisdiction and powers the court has otherwise, the summary criminal jurisdiction and powers of a sheriff.
St Andrew’s House,
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