2 Composition of Court
Court of Session Act 1988 (1988 c 36) | Legislation

2  Composition of Court

(1)     The Court shall be composed of an Inner House and an Outer House constituted in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

(2)     Subject to subsection (3) below, the Inner House shall be composed of two Divisions, namely, the First Division comprising the Lord President and [five] senior judges of the Court, and the Second Division comprising the Lord Justice Clerk and [five] other senior judges of the Court.

[(2A)     The Scottish Ministers may[, after consulting the Lord President,] from time to time by order amend subsection (2) above so as to alter or further alter the number of senior judges in the two Divisions.

(2B)     The

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