Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) (Amendment) 2024

Citation and commencement, etc.

1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) (Amendment) 2024.

(2) It comes into force on 1st July 2024.

(3) A certified copy is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Amendment of the Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules 1991

2.—(1) The Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1991(1) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) In rule 3(1)(c) (qualification as officer of court)(2), for “three” substitute “two”.

(3) In rule 4(1)(a) (qualification as messenger-at-arms), for “two years” substitute “one year”.

(4) In Schedule 1 (forms), in Form 1 (form of petition to the Court of Session for recommendation for a commission as a messenger-at-arms)—

(a) for “years”, where it first occurs, substitute “at least one year”;

(b) for “two years”, in both places where it occurs substitute “one year”.

CJM SUTHERLAND

Lord President

Edinburgh

I.P.D.

30th May 2024