Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. This Order may be cited as the Intermediate Diets (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2. In this Order-

"the 1995 Act" means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; and

"commission area" has the same meaning as in section 26(1) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975(2).

Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings

3. The sheriff court for each sheriff court district specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act (intermediate diet) in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996.

4. The district court for each commission area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996.

5. The sheriff court for the sheriff court district of Linlithgow is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 30th September 1996.

6. The district courts for the commission areas of City of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1997.

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1

Sheriff Court district

Aberdeen

Airdrie

Alloa

Arbroath

Ayr

Banff

Campbeltown

Cupar

Dingwall

Dumbarton

Dumfries

Dundee

Dunfermline

Dunoon

Duns

Edinburgh

Elgin

Falkirk

Forfar

Fort William

Glasgow

Greenock

Haddington

Hamilton

Inverness

Jedburgh

Kilmarnock

Kirkcaldy

Kirkcudbright

Lanark

Oban

Paisley

Peebles

Perth

Peterhead

Rothesay

Selkirk

Stirling

Stonehaven

Stranraer

Tain

Wick

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2

Commission area

Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Angus

City of Edinburgh

Clackmannanshire

Dundee City

East Ayrshire

East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian

Falkirk

Fife

East Renfrewshire

Inverclyde

Moray

Midlothian

North Ayrshire

Perth and Kinross

Renfrewshire

Stirling

South Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire

West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes certain courts for the purposes of section 148(7) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in relation to proceedings commenced after a date which is also prescribed in the Order.

The effect of any such prescription is that the prescribed court will be required to hold an intermediate diet under that section in any case where proceedings are commenced after the prescribed date unless the court considers, on a joint application by the parties, that it would be inappropriate to hold an intermediate diet in that case.

Articles 3 and 4 prescribes certain sheriff courts and district courts specified in, respectively, Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Order, in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996. Article 5 prescribes the sheriff court for the sheriff court district of Linlithgow in relation to proceedings commenced after 30th September 1996. Article 6 prescribes the district courts for the commission areas of City of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1997.