<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd"><act name="ssi"><meta><identification source="#"><FRBRWork><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2022/96"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2022/96"/><FRBRdate date="2022-03-16" name="made"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/government/scotland"/><FRBRcountry value="GB-SCT"/><FRBRsubtype value="order"/><FRBRnumber value="96"/><FRBRname value="S.S.I. 2022/96"/><FRBRprescriptive value="true"/></FRBRWork><FRBRExpression><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/96/made"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/96/made"/><FRBRdate date="2022-03-16" name="made"/><FRBRauthor href="#"/><FRBRlanguage language="eng"/></FRBRExpression><FRBRManifestation><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/96/made/data.akn"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/96/made/data.akn"/><FRBRdate date="2026-10-14+01:00" name="transform"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/><FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/></FRBRManifestation></identification><lifecycle source="#"><eventRef refersTo="#made" date="2022-03-16" eId="date-made" source="#"/><eventRef refersTo="#coming-into-force" date="2022-03-17" eId="date-cif-1" source="#"/></lifecycle><analysis source="#"><otherAnalysis source=""/></analysis><references source="#"><TLCEvent eId="made" href="" showAs="Made"/><TLCEvent eId="cif" href="" showAs="ComingIntoForce"/></references><proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#"><dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/96/note/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2022</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer for Scotland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2022-03-17</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">COURT OF SESSION</dc:subject><dc:description>Article 2 of this Order amends section 1(1) of the Court of Session Act 1988 so as to increase the number of persons who may be appointed as judges of the Court of Session from 35 to 36. Article3 of this Order revokes the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2016 which had previously increased the number to 35.</dc:description><ukm:SecondaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="secondary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="ScottishStatutoryInstrument"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="final"/><ukm:DocumentMinorType Value="order"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2022"/><ukm:Number Value="96"/><ukm:Made Date="2022-03-16"/><ukm:ComingIntoForce><ukm:DateTime Date="2022-03-17"/></ukm:ComingIntoForce><ukm:ISBN Value="9780111054031"/></ukm:SecondaryMetadata><ukm:Supersedes URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/sdsi/2022/9780111052747"><dc:title>The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2022</dc:title><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="ScottishDraftStatutoryInstrument"/><ukm:Year Value="2022"/><ukm:ISBN Value="9780111052747"/></ukm:Supersedes><ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2022/96/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/96/pdfs/ssipn_20220096_en.pdf" Date="2022-03-17" Title="Policy Note" Size="28319"/></ukm:Alternatives></ukm:Notes><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/96/pdfs/ssi_20220096_en.pdf" Date="2022-03-17" Size="29641"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="3"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="3"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><conclusions><blockContainer class="explanatoryNote"><heading>EXPLANATORY NOTE</heading><subheading>(This note is not part of the Order)</subheading><blockContainer ukl:Name="P"><p>Article 2 of this Order amends section 1(1) of the Court of Session Act 1988 so as to increase the number of persons who may be appointed as judges of the Court of Session from 35 to 36. Article<span ukl:Name="NonBreakingSpace"> </span>3 of this Order revokes the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2016 which had previously increased the number to 35.</p></blockContainer></blockContainer></conclusions></act></akomaNtoso>