District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (repealed)

[F112 Restriction of functions of justices who are councillors etc.S

(1)A member of a local authority—

(a)shall not be appointed to hold office as a full justice;

(b)may be appointed as a signing justice.

(2)A full justice who—

(a)at the coming into force of section 9 of the Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 9) is; or

(b)at any time thereafter becomes,

(1)a member of a local authority, shall thereupon become a signing justice.

(3)The name of a person—

(a)appointed as a justice under subsection (1)(b) above;

(b)who becomes a signing justice by virtue of the operation of subsection (2) above,

shall be entered in the supplemental list.

(4)In subsection (1) above—

  • local authority” includes the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

  • full justice” and “signing justice” have the same meanings as in section 9 of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 12 substituted (9.8.2000) by 2000 asp 9, s. 10