Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules Amendment) (Policing and Crime Act 2009) 2013.

(2) It comes into force on 1st October 2013.

(3) A certified copy of this Act of Sederunt is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

(4) In this Act of Sederunt the "Summary Applications Rules" means the Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999(3).

Policing and Crime Act 2009(4)

2.-(1) Part XIX of the Summary Application Rules (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002)(5) is amended in accordance with the following subparagraph.

(2) After rule 3.19.20 (appeals against determination of outlays and remuneration) insert-

"Detention and realisation of seized property

Discharge or variation of detention order

3.19.20A.  An application to the sheriff under section 127N(2) (discharge, variation and lapse of detention order) shall be made by minute in the process of the application for an order extending the period for which property may be detained under section 127J.

Appeals to the Court of Session

3.19.20B.-(1) This section shall apply to appeals against an interlocutor of the sheriff under the following sections-

(a)section 127O(1) or (2);

(b)section 131C(1), (2) or (4).

(2) An appeal shall be marked by writing a note of appeal on the interlocutor sheet, or other written record containing the interlocutor appealed against, or on a separate sheet lodged with the sheriff clerk, in the following terms-

"The applicant [or affected person] appeals to the Court of Session."

(3) The note of appeal shall-

(a)be signed by the appellant;

(b)bear the date on which it is signed; and

(c)where the appellant is represented, specify the name and address of the solicitor or other agent who will be acting for him or her in the appeal.

(4) The sheriff clerk shall transmit the process within 4 days after the appeal is marked to the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session.

(5) Within the period specified in paragraph (4), the sheriff clerk shall-

(a)send written notice of the appeal to every other party; and

(b)certify on the interlocutor sheet that he or she has done so.

(6) Failure of the sheriff clerk to comply with paragraph (5) shall not invalidate the appeal.".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt amends the Summary Application Rules in consequence of the amendments made to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by the Policing and Crime Act 2009. In particular, it inserts new rule 3.19.20A, which provides for applications to the sheriff under section 127N of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Discharge, variation and lapse of detention order) to be made by minute in the process of the application to extend the detention order. It also inserts rule 3.19.20B, which specifies the procedure for appealing to the Court of Session under sections 127O (appeals against further detention or discharge or variation of detention order) and 131C (appeals in relation to property seized under section 131A).

The Act of Sederunt comes into force on 1st October 2013, which is the same date that the relevant provisions of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 come into force.