Article 12 Renewals of professional indemnity insurance
Each year every officer of court shall lodge, in accordance with the following paragraphs of this rule, a premium receipt from an insurance company stating that he is covered for professional indemnity insurance to a minimum of £100,000 within 30 days after the date of expiry of any current premium receipt.
Such a premium receipt shall be lodged with the regional sheriff clerk of the sheriffdom in which the sheriff officer’s first current commission as a sheriff officer was granted.
The regional sheriff clerk shall issue to the sheriff officer a letter of receipt of such a premium receipt and such copy letters of receipt as may be required by the sheriff officer.
Where a sheriff officer holds a commission as a sheriff officer in more than one sheriffdom, he shall send to the sheriff principal of every sheriffdom in which he holds such a commission (other than the first current commission) a copy letter of receipt of such a premium receipt issued by the regional sheriff clerk.
Where a sheriff officer is also a messenger-at-arms, he shall send to the Lyon clerk a copy of letter of receipt of such a premium receipt issued by the regional sheriff clerk in respect of his commission as a sheriff officer.
Where an officer of court fails to lodge such a premium receipt under paragraph (1) of this rule—
in respect of his commission as a sheriff officer, the sheriff principal may suspend the officer of court from practice as a sheriff officer until such a premium receipt has been lodged; and
where applicable, in respect of his commission as a messenger-at-arms, the Court of Session may, following a report sent to the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session by the Lyon clerk suspend the officer of court from practice as a messenger-at-arms until such a premium receipt has been lodged.