Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

50 Appointment of sheriffs as Appeal Sheriffs

(1) The Lord President of the Court of Session may appoint persons holding the office of sheriff to hold office also as Appeal Sheriffs.

(2) The Lord President may appoint as many Appeal Sheriffs under subsection (1) as the Lord President considers necessary for the purposes of the Sheriff Appeal Court.

(3) A person may be appointed under subsection (1) only if the individual has held office as a sheriff for at least 5 years.

(4) The appointment of a sheriff as an Appeal Sheriff does not affect the sheriff’s appointment as a sheriff and the sheriff may accordingly continue to act in that capacity.

(5) A person holding office as an Appeal Sheriff under this section ceases to hold that office if the person ceases to hold office as a sheriff.

(6) If a person holding office as an Appeal Sheriff under this section is suspended from the office of sheriff for any period, the person is also suspended from office as an Appeal Sheriff for the same period.

(7) The Lord President may, with the consent of a majority of the sheriffs principal, remove a sheriff from office as an Appeal Sheriff.

(8) Removal of a sheriff from the office of Appeal Sheriff under subsection (7) does not affect the sheriff’s appointment as a sheriff.