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Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 5) (Miscellaneous) 1999

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2011-07-04

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This Act of Sederunt amends the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 as follows—paragraph 2(2) inserts a new rule 1.4 under which the Lord President may give a direction as respects the arrangements for, or in connection with, the appearance in court of the Advocate General for Scotland;paragraph 2(3) corrects the numbering of rule 3.6A;paragraph 2(4) makes provision in rule 24.2(5) for parties to specify the nature of the further procedure sought when enrolling a motion under that rule;paragraph 2(5) amends the time limits in rule 37.2(1) and (2) for issuing jury precepts;paragraph 2(6) and (7) amends rule 50.2 (which relates to advertisement for missing persons in connection with actions under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977) and revokes rule 50.3(1);paragraph 2(8) amends rule 63.10(4) in consequence of the transfer (with effect from 1 July 1999) to the Scottish Ministers of certain functions relating to public trusts currently exercised by the Lord Advocate; andparagraph 2(9) amends chapter 69 (election petitions) to provide for intimation of petitions and other matters to the Advocate General for Scotland.