Section 5 Existing actions, &c. not to be affected.
United Kingdom
F1. . . No action, suit, or proceeding raised or to be raised at the instance of or against F2the Lord Advocate or the Advocate General for Scotland for the time being shall abate or be affected by any change in the person, holding that office.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 5 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt. I.
- F2
Words in s. 5 substituted (20.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125, Sch. 8 para. 2(6);S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 4
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)