1.2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act of 1995” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(1);
“counsel” means a practising member of the Faculty of Advocates or a solicitor having a right of audience before the High Court by virtue of section 25A of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980(2);
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a specified Chapter, Part, rule or form is a reference to the Chapter, Part, rule, or form in the appendix to these Rules, so specified in these Rules; and a reference to a specified paragraph, sub-paragraph or head is a reference to that paragraph of the rule or form, that sub-paragraph of the paragraph or that head of the sub-paragraph, in which the reference occurs.
1980 c. 46; section 25A was inserted by section 24 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40) and amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40).