Article 5 Re-employment of former sheriffs principal in the Sheriff Appeal CourtI1

Scotland

(1)

Section 51(1) of the Act (re-employment of former Appeal Sheriffs) has effect as if the reference in it to a qualifying former Appeal Sheriff included a reference to a qualifying former sheriff principal.

(2)

For that purpose, a “qualifying former sheriff principal” is an individual who—

(a)

prior to the commencement of section 49(1) of the Act—

(i)

held office as a sheriff principal; and

(ii)

ceased to hold that office other than by virtue of an order under section 12E of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (removal from office)^f1; and

(b)

has not reached the age of 75.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 5 in force at 1.4.2015, see art. 1(3)

Footnotes

f1: 1971 c.58; section 12E was inserted by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), section 40.