5 Re-employment of former sheriffs principal in the Sheriff Appeal Court
1 Section 51(1) of the Act (re-employment of former Appeal Sheriffs) has effect as if the reference in it to a qualifying former Appeal Sheriff included a reference to a qualifying former sheriff principal.
2 For that purpose, a “qualifying former sheriff principal” is an individual who—
(a) prior to the commencement of section 49(1) of the Act—
(i) held office as a sheriff principal; and
(ii) ceased to hold that office other than by virtue of an order under section 12E of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (removal from office); and
1971 c.58; section 12E was inserted by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), section 40.
(b) has not reached the age of 75.