Regulation 18 Accounts of the Sheriff Clerk in ScotlandI1

A deposit may be made in Scotland by the Sheriff Clerk of a Sheriff Court under the authority of any enactment.

An application to open an account must be made in the approved form, signed by the Sheriff Clerk in the presence of a witness.

An application to withdraw or transfer deposits must be signed by the Sheriff Clerk.

Where deposits held in the name of a Sheriff Clerk are transferred into the name of the Sheriff Clerk of another Sheriff Court, the Sheriff Clerk into whose name the deposits are transferred must apply to open an account under paragraph (2).

In this regulation references to the Sheriff Clerk include references to the Sheriff Clerk Depute.