http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/6/section/56/notesJudiciaryExplanatory Notes to Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008Scottish GovernmentKing's Printer for Scotland2018-04-06
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/6" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2008" Number="0006">Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008</Citation>
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The Act<CitationSubRef id="c00194" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/6/part/3" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-3">Part 3</CitationSubRef> – the CourtsSheriff Courts
<CitationSubRef id="c00223" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/6/section/56" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-56">Section 56</CitationSubRef> – Leave of absence of sheriffs
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Section 16 of the 1971 Act gives the Scottish Ministers functions in relation to duties and leave of absence of sheriffs. In line with the Lord President’s responsibilities in section 2(2)(a), this section amends section 16 of the 1971 Act to give that role to the Lord President. Paragraph (a) also clarifies that that the reference to seven weeks leave in section 16(2) is to holiday leave. Subsection (3) adds a new subsection (2A) to section 16 to clarify that it is for the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom to approve the leave of absence of a sheriff for any other purpose. This would cover for example study leave and attendance at conferences.