Contents
Article 1Citation, interpretation and commencement#
(1)This Order may be cited as the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2009.
(2)References to “the Act” mean the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008.
(3)Article 2 comes into force on the day that section 27 of the Act comes into force.
(4)Article 3(1) comes into force on the day that section 40 of and paragraph 2 of Schedule5 to the Act come into force.
(5)Article 3(2) comes into force on the day that section 61 of the Act comes into force.
(6)Article 4 comes into force on 1st October 2009.
Article 2Modification of the Promissory Oaths Act 1871#
In section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (persons before whom oaths to be taken) in the third paragraph (relating to Scotland) after the words “acts as justice” insert “or sheriff, or, for a part-time sheriff, in open court before any sheriff principal”.
Article 3Modification of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971#
(1)In section 11B(4) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (limitation, termination etc of appointment of part-time sheriffs), for “section 11C” substitute “section 12E”.
(2)In section 19 for the words from “The Secretary of State” to “Treasury” substitute “The Scottish Court Service may pay to any sheriff principal such allowances as it”.
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