Part 3The courts
Sheriff courts
I155Number, residence and deployment of sheriffs
1
Section 14 (number, residence and place of duties of sheriffs) of the 1971 Act is amended as follows.
2
Subsection (1) is repealed.
3
In subsection (2)—
a
for “Secretary of State” in the first place those words appear substitute “
Lord President of the Court of Session
”
, and
b
for “Secretary of State” in the second place those words appear substitute “
Lord President
”
.
4
In subsection (3), for “Secretary of State” substitute “
Lord President
”
.
5
In subsection (4)—
a
for the words “and after consultation with the Lord President of the Court of Session, the Secretary of State” substitute “
the Lord President
”
, and
b
for “Secretary of State” in the second place those words appear substitute “
Lord President
”
.