Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway) Order 2009.
(2) The provisions of this article, articles 4, 6, and 7(9) and (10) come into force on 18th May 2009.
(3) All other articles come into force on the relevant date.
(4) In this Order–
“the 1975 Act” means the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975(1);
“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(2);
“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(3);
“the 2004 Act” means the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004(4);
“the 2007 Act” means the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007;
“the appointed JP court” means the JP court which the Sheriff Principal determines is the appointed JP court (under section 66(5) of the 2007 Act) in relation to a relevant district court;
“relevant date” means 29th June 2009; and
“relevant district court” means a district court disestablished by this order.