Act of Sederunt (Commissary Court Books) (Amendment) 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/3144
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Commissary Court Books) (Amendment) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Section 2 Amendment of Act of Sederunt (Commissary Court Books) 1992

(1) The Act of Sederunt (Commissary Court Books) 1992 is amended as follows.

(2) For sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3, there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs:–

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph, the Commissary Court Books kept by the commissary clerk shall comprise–

(a) a complete copy of every document received by the commissary clerk for recording; and

(b) an index of every document so recorded.

(2A) The commissary clerk shall not utilise new types of equipment for the purposes of recording documents in the Commissary Court Books without the prior approval of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland.

(3) In paragraphs 3(3), 4(3), 5 and 6, for the word “writ”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “document”.

(4) Sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 3 shall be revoked.