304 Criminal Courts Rules Council
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

Part XIV General

304  Criminal Courts Rules Council

(1)     There shall be established a body, to be known as the Criminal Courts Rules Council (in this section referred to as “the Council”) which shall have the functions conferred on it by subsection (9) below.

(2)     The Council shall consist of—

(a)     the Lord Justice General, the Lord Justice Clerk and the Clerk of Justiciary;

(b)     a further Lord Commissioner of Justiciary appointed by the Lord Justice General;

(c)     the following persons appointed by the Lord Justice General after such consultation as he considers appropriate—

[(zi)     one Appeal Sheriff;]

(i)     two sheriffs;

(ii)     two members of the Faculty of Advocates;

(iii)     two solicitors;

(iv)     one sheriff clerk; and

(v)     one person appearing to him to have a knowledge of the procedures and practices of the [JP court];

(d)     two persons appointed by the Lord Justice General after consultation

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