Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1709

Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1709 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for discharging the Attendance of Noblemen, Barons, and Freeholders upon the Lords of Justiciary in their Circuits in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and for abolishing the Method of exhibiting criminal Informations by the Porteous Roll. [b]
Citation	8 Ann. c. 16
Territorial extent	Scotland [c]
Dates
Royal assent	5 April 1710
Commencement	1 May 1710 [d]
Repealed	1 September 1987 [e]
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Repealed by	Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 16) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Subsequent developments

Section 3 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

The words of commencement in section 4, section 2, section 4 and section 6 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62).

The whole act was repealed by section 70(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987.

Notes

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this act in the second column of the first schedule to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".
3. Preamble.
4. Section 1.
5. The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (Commencement No.1) Order 1987.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,