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The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Procedure for Appointment of Members) Amendment Regulations 2020

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2020-04-01

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 1st April 2020

Coming into force: 27th April 2020

In accordance with section 71(4) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Procedure for Appointment of Members) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on 27 April 2020.

Amendment to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Procedure for Appointment of Members) Regulations 2015

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In regulation 2(3)(a) of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Procedure for Appointment of Members) Regulations 2015[^f00002] (Selection for appointment), after “sheriffs” insert “and summary sheriffs”.

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HUMZA YOUSAF — A member of the Scottish Government — 1st April 2020

Explanatory note

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Procedure for Appointment of Members) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”), which set out the procedure for the selection and nomination for appointment of members of the Scottish Court and Tribunal Service (“the SCTS”).

By virtue of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (Judicial Members) Amendment Order 2020, summary sheriffs may now be appointed as members of the SCTS. These Regulations amend the 2015 Regulations to provide that summary sheriffs are to be notified of relevant vacancies for members of the SCTS.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 asp 6. Schedule 3 was relevantly amended by paragraph 1(1), (2), (6) and (12) of schedule 4 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2015/53.

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