[F113A(1)The Board may appoint persons (other than Board members) to assist the Board with the carrying out of its functions.S
(2)The Board may appoint persons under sub-paragraph (1) as—
(a)legal assistants, or
(b)lay assistants.
(3)A person may be appointed as a legal assistant if the person is a solicitor or advocate practising as such in Scotland.
(4)A person may be appointed as a lay assistant if the person is eligible for appointment as a lay member of the Board.
(5)It is for the Board to determine the number of persons who may be appointed under this paragraph.
(6)A person who is disqualified from membership of the Board by virtue of paragraph 5 is also disqualified from being a legal assistant or a lay assistant.
(7)Persons appointed under this paragraph are to be appointed for such period of not more than 3 years as the Board may determine.
(8)At the end of a period of appointment, a person may be reappointed.
(9)A person appointed under this paragraph may resign by giving notice in writing to the Board.
(10)The Chairing Member may, by notice in writing, rescind a person's appointment under this paragraph if satisfied that the person—
(a)has been convicted of any offence,
(b)has become insolvent, or
(c)is otherwise unfit to be a legal assistant or, as the case may be, a lay assistant or unable for any reason to discharge the functions of such an assistant.
(11)Each person appointed under this paragraph is entitled to such fees and expenses, if any, as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(12)It is for the Scottish Ministers to pay those fees and expenses.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. 1 para. 13A, 13B and cross-headings inserted (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), ss. 131(1)(a), 138(2); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), Sch.