Part 3Officers of court

Advisory Council on Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers

51F1Advisory Council's annual report

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(2)

F3The Advisory Council on Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers (the “Advisory Council”) must prepare a report on its activities during the whole of each financial year as soon as practicable after the end of the period to which the report relates.

(3)

A report prepared under subsection (2) above—

F4(a)

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(b)

may include a statistical analysis of the performance by F5officers of court of their functions and the undertaking by officers of activities during the period to which the report relates or any other period specified by the F6Advisory Council in the report.

(4)

The F7Advisory Council may, in preparing the report under subsection (2) above, require F8the professional association designated by regulations under section 63(1)(a) to provide any information F9provided by virtue of regulations under section 63(1A) which the Advisory Council considers necessary or proper for the purposes of preparing the report.

(5)

The F10Advisory Council must—

(a)

send a copy of each report prepared under subsection (2) above to the Scottish Ministers; and

(b)

publish the report.

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