
1 
This Order may be cited as the Intermediate Diets (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2 
In this Order—
 “the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; and
 “commission area” has the same meaning as in section 26(1) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975.
3 
The sheriff court for each sheriff court district specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act (intermediate diet) in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996.
4 
The district court for each commission area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996.
5 
The sheriff court for the sheriff court district of Linlithgow is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 30th September 1996.
6 
The district courts for the commission areas of City of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1997.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th March 1996
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3

 Aberdeen
 Airdrie
 Alloa
 Arbroath
 Ayr
 Banff
 Campbeltown
 Cupar
 Dingwall
 Dumbarton
 Dumfries
 Dundee
 Dunfermline
 Dunoon
 Duns
 Edinburgh
 Elgin
 Falkirk
 Forfar
 Fort William
 Glasgow
 Greenock
 Haddington
 Hamilton
 Inverness
 Jedburgh
 Kilmarnock
 Kirkcaldy
 Kirkcudbright
 Lanark
 Oban
 Paisley
 Peebles
 Perth
 Peterhead
 Rothesay
 Selkirk
 Stirling
 Stonehaven
 Stranraer
 Tain
 Wick
SCHEDULE 2
Article 4

 Aberdeen City
 Aberdeenshire
 Angus
 City of Edinburgh
 Clackmannanshire
 Dundee City
 East Ayrshire
 East Dunbartonshire
 East Lothian
 Falkirk
 Fife
 East Renfrewshire
 Inverclyde
 Moray
 Midlothian
 North Ayrshire
 Perth and Kinross
 Renfrewshire
 Stirling
 South Ayrshire
 North Lanarkshire
 West Dunbartonshire
 West Lothian