The Disposal of Court Records (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011

Made: 10th March 2011

Coming into force: 4th April 2011

In accordance with section12(2) of that Act, section6(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946[^f00002], and articles3(3) and 12 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999[^f00003], a draft of the Regulations has been laid before the Scottish Parliament and a period of 40 days has expired without the Parliament passing a resolution that the Regulations be not made.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Disposal of Court Records (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 4th April 2011.

Amendment of the Disposal of Court Records (Scotland) Regulations 1990

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In regulation5(c) of the Disposal of Court Records (Scotland) Regulations 1990[^f00004], after “sheriff court” insert “or justice of the peace court”.

Signed

A.C. HAMILTON — Lord President — 10th March 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Disposal of Court Records (Scotland) Regulations 1990 to take account of the disposal of justice of the peace court records.

The Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6) provides for the abolition of local authority district courts and the establishment of justice of the peace courts. Under transitional arrangements in section66 of the 2007 Act, records of recent and ongoing cases in the district courts are transferred to the appropriate justice of the peace court. These Regulations amend the 1990 Regulations to make provision for the disposal of justice of the peace court records in the same manner as for sheriff court records: disposal is to be authorised by the Keeper with the agreement of the Sheriff Principal responsible for the justice of the peace court.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1937 c.43. Section 12 was extended by the Public Registers and Records (Scotland) Act 1948 (c.57), section5, and last amended by the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.16), section 19(3).

[^f00002]: 1946 c.36. Section6(2) was modified by article 3(3) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1096).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/1096.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1990/106. Regulation5 was amended by the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/222), article2.