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(1) These Rules may be cited as the Human Rights Act 1998 (Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
(2) These Rules extend to Scotland only.
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In these Rules, “the Act” means the Human Rights Act 1998.
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In so far as not determined by any enactment, the appropriate court or tribunal for the purposes of section 7(1)(a) of the Act is any civil court or tribunal which has jurisdiction to grant the remedy sought.
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(1) The Court of Session is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act in cases where proceedings in respect of the judicial act in question could not, at any time since the date of that act, have competently been brought under paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection.
(2) Nothing in section 7 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 shall prevent proceedings being brought in the Court of Session by virtue of paragraph (1) above.
JAMES R WALLACE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th August 2000