19ReportsS
(1)The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (“the SCTS”) must publish, for each financial year, a report setting out the information mentioned in subsection (2) in relation to—
(a)the Auditor of the Court of Session,
(b)the auditor of the Sheriff Appeal Court,
(c)the auditors of the sheriff court,
(d)any person to whom an account is remitted under section 17(1)(b), but only where the information relates to such an account.
(2)That information is—
(a)the number of judicial taxations carried out during the year, and the amount of fees charged in respect of those taxations,
(b)the number of other taxations carried out during the year, and the amount of fees charged in respect of those taxations,
(c)the amount of fees charged in respect of any other work carried out during the year.
(3)A report must be published—
(a)as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year to which it relates,
(b)in such manner as the SCTS considers appropriate.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (2), a judicial taxation is the taxation of an account of expenses remitted for taxation to an auditor of court by a court or tribunal.
Commencement Information
I1S. 19 in force at 30.1.2019 by S.S.I. 2018/368, reg. 2(k) (with reg. 6)