Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 1(3) of the Court of Session Act 1988, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments
Court Of Session
Made
2022
Coming into force
2022
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the *** day of *** ***
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the Court of Session Act 1988(1) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty to do so.
Her Majesty is satisfied that the Lord President of the Court of Session has been consulted in accordance with section 1(3A) of that Act(2).
In accordance with section 1(3) of that Act(3), a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2022 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. In section 1(1) of the Court of Session Act 1988(4) (maximum number of judges of the Court of Session), for “35” substitute “36”.
3. The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2016(5) is revoked.
Name
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
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 3 of this Order revokes the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2016 which had previously increased the number to 35.
Section 1(3A) was inserted by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), section 44(4).
Section 1(3) was amended by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008, section 44(3) and modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).
Section 1(1) was relevantly amended by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008, section 44(2) and S.S.I. 2016/423.