Section 2 Interpretation

In this Act of Sederunt—

• “the 2014 Act” means the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014;

• “authorisation document” means a document executed by a non-natural person of a type mentioned in column 1 of the following table authorising an individual holding the relevant position mentioned in the corresponding column 2 to act as its lay representative—

  Type of non-natural person	Relevant position
  a company	a director or a secretary of the company
  a limited liability partnership	a member of the limited liability partnership
  any other partnership	a partner in the partnership
  an unincorporated association of persons	a member or office holder of the association	;

• “the court”, in the case of proceedings in the sheriff court, means the sheriff; and

• “lay representative”, “legal representative” and “non-natural person” have the meanings given by section 95 of the 2014 Act.