§ Dame Judith Hartasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland when he expects the Court of Session to have defined new or amended procedural rules to meet the provisions of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandIt is the duty of the rules councils for the Court of Session and the sheriff court to submit to the Court of Session proposals for the procedural rules needed to take account of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985. It is understood that the Court of Session rules council has now finalised its proposals and the Sheriff Court rules council expects to do so shortly. The Court of Session and the rules councils are aware of the need to avoid delay in the preparation and making of the necessary Acts of Sederunt so that the main provisions of the 1985 Act can be brought into operation in the near future. I should add that my noble and learned Friend, the Lord Advocate, intends to bring into operation on the same day as that fixed for the main provisions of the 1985 Act the provisions of part IV of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, dealing with financial provision in Scotland after overseas divorce.