Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)

Part III S The Principal Reporter and the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

The Principal Reporter S

127 The Principal Reporter. S

(1) There shall be an officer, to be known as the “Principal Reporter”, to whom there are hereby transferred the functions under the M1 Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (hereafter referred to in this Part of this Act as “the 1968 Act”) and the M2 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 of reporters appointed under subsection (1) of section 36 of the 1968 Act, which subsection shall cease to have effect.

(2) The first appointment to the office of Principal Reporter shall be made by the Secretary of State on such terms and conditions as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 127 partly in force; s. 127 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 184(2); s. 127 in force for certain purposes at 6.4.1995 by S.I. 1995/702, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1968 c. 49.

M2 1975 c. 21.