Reform and Abolition
The Scottish Government has now unified the management of the Sheriff and District courts in Scotland, but retained lay Justices. This was done by the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007, which enabled the Scottish Ministers to replace District Courts by "Justice of the Peace Courts".
The new Justice of the Peace Courts are managed by the Scottish Court Service. Responsibility for the Courts was transferred from the local authorities in a rolling programme of court unification that concluded in February 2010. The District Courts were replaced by Justice of the Peace Courts as follows:
- Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders, 10 March 2008
- Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highlands and Islands, 2 June 2008
- Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, 8 December 2008
- Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife, 23 February 2009
- Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde, 14 December 2009
- Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries & Galloway, 22 February 2010
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