Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

61 Clerk and Deputy Clerks: further provision

(1) The Clerk and Deputy Clerks of the Sheriff Appeal Court are also members of staff of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.

(2) Accordingly, a reference in any enactment to the staff of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service includes, except where the context requires otherwise, a reference to the Clerk and Deputy Clerks of the Sheriff Appeal Court.

(3) The Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court may, with the consent of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, delegate the carrying out of any of the Clerk’s functions to—

(a) a Deputy Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court, or

(b) any other member of staff of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.

(4) Subsection (5) applies in relation to any period during which—

(a) the office of Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court is vacant, or

(b) the holder of that office is for any reason unable to carry out the functions of the office.

(5) The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service may make arrangements for the functions of the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court to be carried out during the period referred to in subsection (4) by—

(a) a Deputy Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court, or

(b) any other member of staff of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.

(6) The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service may give such instructions to the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court, or a person carrying out the Clerk’s functions under subsection (5), as it considers necessary for the purposes of this Act; and the Clerk or, as the case may be, such person must comply with any such instructions.