# Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1988, Article 7: Applications for recommendation for commission as messenger-at-arms


(1) An application by a sheriff officer for recommendation for a commission as a messenger-at-arms under section 77(1) of the Act of 1987 shall be by petition presented to the Outer House of the Court of Session in form 1 and signed by the petitioner or his solicitor.
(2) There shall be lodged with a petition under paragraph (1) of this rule—
(a) an inventory of productions;
(b) a copy of the entry in the Register of Births relating to the petitioner;
(c) a certificate from the Society that the petitioner has passed the examinations set by the committee of examiners of the Society; and
(d) a certificate from another officer of court specifying the period that the petitioner has been in practice as a sheriff officer.
(3) A petition under paragraph (1) to this rule shall not require a process and shall not be intimated on the walls of court, served or advertised.
(4) Where the court grants the prayer of such a petition, the clerk of the Petition Department of the Court of Session shall send a copy of the petition, with the interlocutor granting the prayer written on it, to the Lyon clerk.
(5) The Lord Lyon shall not issue a commission to a sheriff officer as a messenger-at-arms until the sheriff officer has lodged with the Lyon clerk—
(a) a copy letter of receipt issued by a regional sheriff clerk in respect of the bond of caution required under rule 9 below; and
(b) a copy letter of receipt issued by a regional sheriff clerk in respect of a copy premium receipt from an insurance company for professional indemnity insurance required under rule 11(1)(a) below.
(6) When the Lord Lyon issues a sheriff officer with a commission as a messenger-at-arms under section 77(1) of the Act of 1987, he shall administer to the sheriff officer the oath or declaration of allegiance to the Sovereign.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2097/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1988/article-7
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