The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) Order 2015
This Order makes provision in consequence of and supplementary to the coming into force of certain provisions of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”) on 1st January 2016. This Order comes into force on the same date. The principal provision of relevance is section 109 which, with effect from 1st January 2016, abolishes civil appeals from the sheriff to the sheriff principal and provides for any such appeals to be heard instead by the Sheriff Appeal Court.