Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 wholly in force at 1.4.2000: Sch. 8 partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 130(1); specified provisions of Sch. 8 in force at 6.5.1999, 20.5.1999, 1.7.1999 and 1.4.2000 by S.I. 1998/3178, arts. 2(2), 3.
3(1)The Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927 is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In section 1(2) (appointment etc. of procurator fiscal), “with the consent of the Treasury” is omitted.
(3)In section 2 (appointment of sheriff clerk and procurator fiscal deputes), “with the consent of the Treasury as to numbers and salaries” is omitted.
(4)In section 3 (whole-time sheriff clerks and procurators fiscal and deputes), “and in either case with the consent of the Treasury” is omitted.
(5)In section 5 (whole-time clerks), “with the consent of the Treasury as to numbers and salaries” is omitted.
(6)In section 12 (prosecutions at instance of procurator fiscal), “after consultation with the Treasury” is omitted.