Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971

[F1 12F Interpretation of sections 12A to 12E S

(1) In sections 12A to 12E “office of part-time sheriff” means an appointment (or reappointment) as a part-time sheriff; and references to removal or suspension from that office are to be construed accordingly.

(2) In those sections—

(a) a reference to the office of sheriff principal does not include a reference to an appointment as a temporary sheriff principal,

(b) a reference to the office of sheriff does not include a reference to the office of honorary sheriff.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 12A-12F and cross-heading substituted (20.2.2010 for the insertion of s. 12C(5) and 1.4.2010 otherwise) for s. 12 by Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), ss. 40, 76; S.S.I. 2010/39, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)