Part I Sheriff Clerks, Procurators Fiscal, &c.5 Whole-time clerks.F1(1)F1The F2Scottish Court ServiceF2 and the Lord Advocate may respectively, F3. . ., appoint such whole-time clerks or other whole-time assistants to a sheriff clerk or procurator fiscal as may be deemed necessary F4....F5(2)The F6Scottish Court ServiceF6 may appoint to a justice of the peace court such clerks and assistant clerks as F7it considersF7 necessary.(3)The clerks and assistants mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) above are referred to in this Act as whole-time clerks.F5