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18(1)The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2)In section 32(1) (power of Court of Session to regulate civil procedure in the sheriff court), after paragraph (i) insert—
“(j)permitting a person who is not an advocate or solicitor and is not represented by an advocate or solicitor to transmit, whether orally or in writing, the views of a child to the sheriff for the purposes of any enactment which makes provision (however expressed) for the sheriff to have regard to those views.”.
(3)In section 37(2A) (remit to Court of Session), for the words “the custody” substitute “parental responsibilities or parental rights (within the meaning of sections 1(3) and 2(4) respectively of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to a child or the”.
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