SCHEDULE 8Conduct and fitness etc.

PART 1Conduct and discipline

Reprimand etc.

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(1)

Where the condition in sub-paragraph (2) is met in relation to a member of the Scottish Tribunals, the Lord President may, for disciplinary purposes, give the member—

(a)

formal advice,

(b)

a formal warning, or

(c)

a reprimand.

(2)

The condition is that—

(a)

an investigation has been carried out with respect to the member in accordance with rules made under paragraph 3(1), and

(b)

the person carrying out the investigation has recommended that the Lord President exercise the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1).

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Paragraph 5 does not limit what the Lord President may do—

(a)

informally,

(b)

for other purposes, or

(c)

where no advice or warning is given in a particular case.