Exchequer causes shall at all times take precedence of and have preference over all other causes in the Court.
Except where any enactment otherwise provides, all exchequer causes brought—
(a)on behalf of the Crown, shall be at the instance of [F1the appropriate Law Officer within the meaning of section 4A of the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857];
(b)by any person alleging any ground of action against the Crown, shall be directed against [F1the appropriate Law Officer within the meaning of section 4A of the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 22(a)(b) substituted (20.5.1999) by 1999/1042, arts. 1(2)(b), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 8
In all exchequer causes, [F2the appropriate Law Officer within the meaning of section 4A of the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857] shall, in pleading on behalf of the Crown, have the privilege of being heard last.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 23 substituted (20.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/1042, arts. 1(2)(b), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 8
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Textual Amendments
F3Words in s. 24 sidenote substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 49(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F4S. 24 repealed (22.9.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), Sch. 5 para. 32(2); S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 5(1))