Part 2The judiciary

Chapter 2Senior judiciary: vacancy, incapacity and suspension

6Periods when both sections 4 and 5 apply

1

Subsection (2) applies during any period when both sections 4 and 5 apply.

2

During such a period, subsection (2) of each of those sections does not apply and instead—

a

any function of the Lord President is exercisable instead by the senior judge of the Inner House,

b

anything that falls to be done in relation to the Lord President falls to be done instead in relation to the senior judge of the Inner House,

c

any function of the Lord Justice Clerk is exercisable instead by the second senior judge of the Inner House, and

d

anything that falls to be done in relation to the Lord Justice Clerk falls to be done instead in relation to the second senior judge of the Inner House.