92.This section modifies the 1995 Act to make provision regarding the national jurisdiction for custody cases in sheriff courts and justice of the peace courts.
93.Subsection (2) inserts four new sections after section 5 of the 1995 Act regarding the jurisdiction of sheriff courts. Subsection (3) inserts four new sections after section 7 concerning justice of the peace courts.
94.Subsection (4) amends section 62(3) of the 2007 Act in consequence of subsection (3).
Interpretation Part 1: Criminal Justice Modernisation Section 9 – National jurisdiction for custody cases in sheriff courts and JP courts