Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (No. 2) 2002

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (No. 2) 2002 and shall come into force on 30th December 2002.

(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Fees of messengers-at-arms

2.  Schedule 1 to this Act of Sederunt shall have effect in respect of work carried out by a messenger-at-arms in relation to causes in, or work authorised by the Court of Session, and the fees specified are the fees payable to a messenger-at-arms in respect of that work.

Application, revocation and saving

3.—(1) Schedule 1 to this Act of Sederunt applies to work done on or after the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force.

(2) The Acts of Sederunt specified in Schedule 2 to this Act of Sederunt are hereby revoked.

(3) Notwithstanding the revocation in sub-paragraph (2), the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) 1994(1) shall continue to have effect in respect of work done—

(a)before the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force; and

(b)in relation to enforcement of a debt by poinding or warrant sale insofar as such enforcement continues to be competent by virtue of section 57 of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002.

W. Douglas Cullen

Lord President I.P.D.

Edinburgh

20th December 2002