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Reports (1980-1989)

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Reports marked with an asterisk (*) were produced jointly with the Law Commission.

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1989

Report 122  Report on the Prescription and Limitation of Actions (Latent Damage and Other Related Issues)

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 121 Opticians Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Legislation Relating to Opticians

• Implementing legislation: Opticians Act 1989 (c 44) [consolidating statute]    

Report 120  Report on Evidence: Blood Group Tests, DNA Tests and Related Matters

• Implementing legislation: Recommendation 5 implemented by section 70 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c 40);
  Recommendations 1-4 implemented by section 28 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings Act 1993 (c 9)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 119  *Extradition Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Legislation Relating to Extradition

• Implementing legislation: Extradition Act 1989 (c 33) [consolidating statute]

Report 118  Recovery of Possession of Heritable Property

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 117  *Statute Law Revision: 13th Report

• Implementing legislation: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c 43)   

Report 116  Report on Reform of the Ground for Divorce   [HTML version]

• Implementing legislation: Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1988

Report 115  Report on Civil Liability: Contribution

• Implementing legislation: none (but see Part 4 of Report on Remedies for Breach of Contract, Scot Law Com No 174)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 114  Twenty-Third Annual Report 1987-88

• No legislation required

Report 113  *Road Traffic Bill, Road Traffic Offenders Bill, Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Certain Enactments relating to Road Traffic

• Implementing legislation: Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52);
  Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c 53);
  Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c 54) [consolidating statutes]

Report 112  Report on Requirements of Writing

• Implementing legislation: Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 7)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 111  Court of Session Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Certain Enactments, and the Repeal of Other Enactments, relating to the Court of Session

• Implementing legislation: Court of Session Act 1988 (c 36) [consolidating statute]

1987

Report 110  Report on the Legal Capacity and Responsibility of Minors and Pupils

• Implementing legislation: Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c 50)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 109  Twenty-Second Annual Report 1986-87

• No legislation required

Report 108  Report on the Scottish Term and Quarter Days

• Implementing legislation: Term and Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990 (c 22)

Report 107  *Private International Law: Report on the Law of Domicile

• Implementing legislation: recommendations 2, 5 and 7 implemented by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2); recommendation 9 implemented by the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991(c 50)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 106  Report on Computer Crime

• Implementing legislation: Recommendation 1 implemented by section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (c 18)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 105  *Private International Law: Choice of Law Rules in Marriage

• Implementing legislation: Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 44)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 104  *Report on Sale and Supply of Goods

• Implementing legislation: Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 (c 35)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 103  Housing (Scotland) Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Certain Enactments relating to Housing in Scotland

• Implementing legislation: Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c 26) [consolidating statute]

Report 102  Report on Child Abduction

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 101  Twenty-First Annual Report 1985-86

• Implementing legislation: No legislation required

1986

Report 100  Evidence: Report on Corroboration, Hearsay and Related Matters in Civil Proceedings

• Implementing legislation: Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c 32)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1985

Report 99  *Statute Law Revision: 12th Report

• Implementing legislation: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c 12)

Report 98 Twentieth Annual Report 1984-85

• No legislation required

Report 97 Obligations: Report on Civil Liability in Relation to Animals

• Implementing legislation: Animals (Scotland) Act 1987 (c 9)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 96  *Private International Law - Polygamous Marriages: Report on Capacity to Contract a Polygamous Marriage and Related Issues

• Implementing legislation: Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (c 42), sections 5-8
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 95  Report on Diligence and Debtor Protection

• Implementing legislation: in part by the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c 18)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 94  *Report on the Consolidation of the Housing Acts-Housing Bill, Housing Associations Bill, Landlord and Tenant Bill

• Implementing legislation: Housing Associations Act 1985 (c 69) [consolidating statute]

Report 93  Report on Art and Part Guilt of Statutory Offences

• Implementing legislation: Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c 41) section 64

Report 92  Obligations: Report on Negligent Misrepresentation

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 73) section 10
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 91  *Family Law - Report on Custody of Children: Jurisdiction and Enforcement within the United Kingdom

• Implementing legislation: Family Law Act 1986 (c 55) Part I (sections 1 - 43)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1984

Report 90  Report on Breach of Confidence

• No legislation required
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 89  Nineteenth Annual Report 1983-84

• No legislation required

Report 88  *Private International Law - Report on Recognition of Foreign Nullity Decrees and Related Matters

• Implementing legislation: Family Law Act 1986 (c 55) Part II, sections 44 - 54

Report 87  *Further Amendments of the Companies Acts 1948-1983

• Implementing legislation: Companies Acts (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) (No 2) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1169); Companies Act 1985 (c 6) [consolidating statute]

Report 86  Family Law: Report on Matrimonial Property

• Implementing legislation: Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 37) sections 24-26
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 85  *Road Traffic Regulation Bill

• Implementing legislation: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c 27) [consolidating statute]

Report 84  *Dentists Bill

• Implementing legislation: Dentists Act 1984 (c 20) [consolidating statute]

Report 83  *Amendment of the Companies Acts 1948-1983

• Implementing legislation: Companies Acts (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) Order 1983 (SI 1983/134); Companies Act 1985 (c 6) [consolidating statute]

Report 82  Family Law: Report on Illegitimacy

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c 9)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 81  Eighteenth Annual Report 1982-83

• No legislation required

1983

Report 80  The Mental Element in Crime

• No legislation required

Report 79  Obligations: Report on Rectification of Contractual and Other Documents

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 73) sections 8 and 9
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 78  Report on Evidence in Cases of Rape and Other Sexual Offences

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 73) section 36
  Inserted sections 141A, 141B, 346A and 346B into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c 21)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 77  *Medical Bill

• Implementing legislation: Medical Act 1983 (c 54) [consolidating statute]

Report 76  Family Law: Report on Outdated Rules in the Law of Husband and Wife

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c 15)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 75  Irritancies in Leases

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 73) sections 4-7
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 74  Prescription and the Limitation of Actions: Report on Personal Injuries Actions and Private International Law Questions

• Implementing legislation: Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984 (c 45)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1982

Report 73  Seventeenth Annual Report 1981-82

• No legislation required

Report 72  Report on Financial Provision after Foreign Divorce

• Implementing legislation: Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), Part IV (sections 28 - 31)

Report 71  Fourth Programme of Consolidation and Statute Law Revision

1981

Report 70  Sixteenth Annual Report 1980-81

• No legislation required

Report 69  Report on the Law of Incest in Scotland

• Implementing legislation: Incest and Related Offences (Scotland) Act 1986 (c 36)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 68  Report on Bankruptcy and Related Aspects of Insolvency and Liquidation

• Implementing legislation: Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 66)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 67  Family Law - Report on Aliment and Financial Provision [download warning: large file (18.5MB)]

• Implementing legislation: Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 37)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 66  *Report on the Council of Europe Conventions on Foreign Money Liabilities (1967) and on the Place of Payment of Money Liabilities (1972)

• No legislation required

Report 65 *Trustee Savings Banks Bill

• Implementing legislation: Trustee Savings Bank Act 1981 (c 65) [consolidating statute]

Report 64  Report on Section 5 of the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976

• Implementing legislation: Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c 53), Part II (sections 7-14)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1980

Report 63 *Statute Law Revision: Tenth Report

• Implementing legislation: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c 19)

Report 62 *Judicial Pensions Bill

• Implementing legislation: Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c 20) [consolidating statute]

Report 61 Fifteenth Annual Report 1979-80

• No legislation required

Report 60  Report on Occupancy Rights in the Matrimonial Home and Domestic Violence

• Implementing legislation: Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c 59)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 59  Report on Powers of Judicial Factors

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c 55) section 8
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 58  Education (Scotland) Bill

• Implementing legislation: Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c 44) [consolidating statute]

Report 57  Report on Lost and Abandoned Property

• Implementing legislation: In part by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c 45), Part VI (sections 67 - 79)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 56  Fourteenth Annual Report 1978-79

• No legislation required

Report 55  Thirteenth Annual Report 1977-78

• No legislation required

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