1. This Order may be cited as the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Regulation of Fees) (Specified Persons) Order 2018 and comes into force on 29th June 2018.
2. The following persons are specified for the purposes of section 105(1)(f) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (power to regulate fees in the Court of Session)—
(a)members of a body which has made a successful application under section 25 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990(1), but only to the extent that the member is exercising rights acquired by virtue of section 27 of that Act; and
(b)persons preparing transcripts of evidence.
3. The following persons are specified for the purposes of section 106(1)(f) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (power to regulate fees in the sheriff court and the Sheriff Appeal Court)—
(a)members of a body which has made a successful application under section 25 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, but only to the extent that the member is exercising rights acquired by virtue of section 27 of that Act; and
(b)persons preparing transcripts of evidence.
ANNABELLE EWING
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th May 2018