Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

Tenure

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3(1)A person’s appointment under paragraph 2(1) ceases—

(a)if the person ceases to hold office as a Senator of the College of Justice,

(b)on the expiry of the transitional period.

(2)If a person appointed under paragraph 2(1) is suspended from office as a Senator of the College of Justice for any period, the person’s appointment under paragraph 2(1) is also suspended for the same period.

(3)The Lord President may, after consulting the President of the Sheriff Appeal Court, recall a person’s appointment under paragraph 2(1).

(4)The recall of a person’s appointment under sub-paragraph (3) does not affect the person’s appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice.