The District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.20)S

96(1)The District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 1A(4) (further provisions as to establishment and disestablishment of district courts), for “district or islands council” substitute “ local authority ”.

(3)Section 7(3) (officer of regional council may act as clerk of district court) shall cease to have effect.

(4)In subsection (1) of section 12 (disqualification in certain cases of justices who are members of local authorities), for “Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973” substitute “ Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.

(5)In section 26 (interpretation), for the definition of—

(a)“commission area” substitute—

““commission area” means the area of a local authority;”; and

(b)“local authority” substitute—

““local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994”.