Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41)

Part III S Officers of the High Court of Justiciary and of the Court of Session

23 Appointment of clerks in the Court of Justiciary. S

(1) The right of appointing any Depute, Assistant or other Clerk in the Justiciary Office shall be vested in the [F1 Scottish Court Service ].

(2) The duties of Clerk of the High Court of Justiciary when sitting in Edinburgh or elsewhere may be performed by the Principal Clerk or by such Depute, Assistant, or other Clerk in the Justiciary Office as the Lord Justice General may approve, and the said Principal Clerk and any such Depute, Assistant, or other Clerk shall perform such duties in relation to the business of the said High Court as the Lord Justice General may direct.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 23(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), s. 76(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(2); S.S.I. 2010/39, art. 2(b), Sch.