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Article 4 Qualifications as messenger-at-arms

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(1)

A sheriff officer may not become a messenger-at-arms unless —

(a)

subject to paragraph (2) of this rule, he has been in practice as a sheriff officer for a period not less than two years; and

(b)

he has passed all such examinations as may have been set by the committee of examiners of the Society within five years before applying to the Court of Session for recommendation for appointment as a messenger-at-arms.

(2)

The Court of Session may, in an application to which rule 7 below applies, on special cause shown, reduce the period of practice required under paragraph (1)(a) of this rule.