PART 1SHERIFF COURTS
CHAPTER 2JUDICIARY OF THE SHERIFFDOMS
Remuneration and expenses
16Remuneration
I11
Each sheriff principal and sheriff is to be paid such salary F2and such allowances as the Treasury may determine.
I12
Such salary is to be paid quarterly or otherwise in every year, as the Treasury may determine.
I13
Each summary sheriff is to be paid such remuneration F3and such allowances as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
I14
The Scottish Ministers may determine different amounts of remuneration F4and different amounts of allowances for—
a
different summary sheriffs, or
b
different descriptions of summary sheriff.
I15
Each judicial officer mentioned in subsection (7) is to be paid such remuneration F5and such allowances as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
I16
The Scottish Ministers may determine different amounts of remuneration F6and different amounts of allowances for—
a
different judicial officers mentioned in subsection (7), or
b
different descriptions of such judicial officers.
I17
The judicial officers are—
F1za
a temporary sheriff principal,
a
a part-time sheriff,
b
a part-time summary sheriff,
c
an individual appointed to act as a sheriff or summary sheriff under section 12(1).
I18
Subsection (9) applies in relation to—
a
a sheriff principal of a sheriffdom authorised under section 30 to perform the functions of a sheriff principal in another sheriffdom, and
b
a sheriff of a sheriffdom (“sheriffdom A”) directed under section 31 to perform the functions of sheriff in another sheriffdom in addition to sheriffdom A.
I19
The sheriff principal or sheriff is to be paid, in respect of the additional functions, such remuneration as appears to the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, to be reasonable in all the circumstances.
I110
Subsection (11) applies in relation to a summary sheriff of a sheriffdom (“sheriffdom B”) directed under section 31 to perform the functions of a summary sheriff in another sheriffdom in addition to sheriffdom B.
I111
The summary sheriff is to be paid, in respect of the additional functions, such remuneration as appears to the Scottish Ministers to be reasonable in all the circumstances.
I212
Salaries F7, allowances and remuneration under subsections (1) to (11) are to be paid by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.