Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58)

Part I S Constitution, Organisation and Administration

Functions of the Secretary of State in relation to sheriffs principal, sheriffs, etc. S

F1 12 Removal from office, and suspension, of sheriff principal or sheriff. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 12A-12F and cross-heading substituted (20.2.2010 for the insertion of s. 12C(5) and 1.4.2010 otherwise) for s. 12 by Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), ss. 40, 76; S.S.I. 2010/39, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)