2005 No. 199

COURT OF SESSION
SHERIFF COURT

Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules Amendment) (Caution and Insurance) 2005

Made

Coming into force

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 75 of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 19871 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencementI11

1

This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules Amendment) (Caution and Insurance) 2005 and shall come into force on 14th April 2005.

2

This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Rule 1 in force at 14.4.2005, see rule 1(1)

Amendment of 1991 RulesI22

1

The Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 19912 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.

2

For rule 9(2)(b) (caution and professional indemnity insurance) there shall be substituted the following:–

b

obtained from a person who may give a bond of caution or other security under rule 33.5 of the Rules of the Court of Session3;

3

In rule 10(1)(renewals of policy) for “a company approved under” there shall be substituted “a person referred to in”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Rule 2 in force at 14.4.2005, see rule 1(1)

Cullen of WhitekirkLord President I.P.D.Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt amends the provisions of the Act of Sederunt (Rules of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers) 1991 which prescribe the persons from whom bonds of caution and policies of professional indemnity insurance are to be obtained by messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers.