55Number, residence and deployment of sheriffs
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(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(2)Subsection (1) is repealed.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”.