Contents
Article 1Citation, commencement and extent#
(1)These Rules may be cited as the Human Rights Act 1998 (Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
(2)These Rules extend to Scotland only.
Article 3Proceedings under section 7 of the Act#
In so far as not determined by any enactment, the appropriate court or tribunal for the purposes of section 7(1)(a) of the Act is any civil court or tribunal which has jurisdiction to grant the remedy sought.
Article 4Proceedings under section 9 of the Act#
(1)The Court of Session is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act in cases where proceedings in respect of the judicial act in question could not, at any time since the date of that act, have competently been brought under paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection.
(2)Nothing in section 39 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 shall prevent proceedings being brought in the Court of Session by virtue of paragraph (1) above.
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