Section 16 Remuneration

Each sheriff principal and sheriff is to be paid such salary F1and such allowances as the Treasury may determine.

Such salary is to be paid quarterly or otherwise in every year, as the Treasury may determine.

Each summary sheriff is to be paid such remuneration F2and such allowances as the Scottish Ministers may determine.

The Scottish Ministers may determine different amounts of remuneration F3and different amounts of allowances for—

Each judicial officer mentioned in subsection (7) is to be paid such remuneration F4and such allowances as the Scottish Ministers may determine.

The Scottish Ministers may determine different amounts of remuneration F5and different amounts of allowances for—

The judicial officers are—

Subsection (9) applies in relation to—

The sheriff principal or sheriff is to be paid, in respect of the additional functions, such remuneration as appears to the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, to be reasonable in all the circumstances.

Subsection (11) applies in relation to a summary sheriff of a sheriffdom (“sheriffdom B”) directed under section 31 to perform the functions of a summary sheriff in another sheriffdom in addition to sheriffdom B.

The summary sheriff is to be paid, in respect of the additional functions, such remuneration as appears to the Scottish Ministers to be reasonable in all the circumstances.

Salaries F7, allowances and remuneration under subsections (1) to (11) are to be paid by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.

Sums required by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service for the payment of a salary F8or an allowance under subsection (1) or remuneration F9or an allowance under subsection (3) are charged on the Scottish Consolidated Fund.