(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th May 1999.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.
Specified date: 6 May 1999: see para (1) above.
As from the date when section 44(1)(c) of the Act comes into force, the following offices are specified for the purposes of section 126(8)(b) of the Act (offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices), namely the offices of procurator fiscal and procurator fiscal depute to which appointments may be made under sections 1(2) and 2 respectively of the Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927.
Specified date: 6 May 1999: see art 1(1).
As from the principal appointed day, the offices which are mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and which are established by, or referred to in, the enactment mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule, are also specified for the purposes of section 126(8)(b) of the Act.
Specified date: 6 May 1999: see art 1(1).
A K Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
| Column 1 | Column 2 | ||
| Offices | Enactments | ||
| Accountant in Bankruptcy | Section 1(1) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 66) | ||
| Accountant of Court | Section 25 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c 41) | ||
| Assistant Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland | Section 24 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c 41) | ||
| Chief Dental Officer of the Scottish Administration | Paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Dentists Act 1984 (c 24) | ||
| Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration | Section 2(2) of the Abortion Act 1967 (c 87) | ||
| Depute, Assistant or other Clerk in the Justiciary Office of the High Court of Justiciary | Section 23(1) of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 | ||
| Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary | Section 33 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c 77) | ||
| Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland | Section 7 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c 45) | ||
| Her Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland | Section 9 of the Anatomy Act 1984 (c 44) | ||
| Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary | Section 33 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 | ||
| Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland | Section 24 of the Fire Services Act 1947 | ||
| Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools | Section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c 44) | ||
| Macer in the Court of Session and Macer in the High Court of Justiciary | Section 24(7) of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 | ||
| Principal Clerk of Justiciary | Section 25 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 | ||
| Principal Clerk of Session and other Clerks or Officers of the Court of Session | Section 24(1) of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 | ||
| Queen's Printer for Scotland | Section 92 of the Scotland Act 1998 | ||
| Registrar of Independent Schools | Section 98(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 | ||
| Rent Officer | Section 43(3) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c 58) | ||
| Sheriff Clerk | Section 1(1) of the Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927 (c 35) | ||
| Sheriff Clerk Depute | Section 2 of the Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927 | ||
| Social Work Inspector | Section 6 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c 68) | ||
| The Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer | Section 2 of the Public Revenues (Scotland) Act 1833 (c 13) | ||
Specified date: 6 May 1999: see art 1(1).
This Order specifies the offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (“the Act”).
This Order specifies the offices of procurator fiscal and procurator fiscal depute to be offices in the Scottish Administration as from the date when section 44(1)(c) of the Act comes into force. The day currently appointed for the coming into force of that section is 20th May 1999 by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998 (SI 1998/3178).
This Order also specifies the offices mentioned in the Schedule to the Order to be offices in the Scottish Administration as from the principal appointed day. That day is currently 1st July 1999 by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998.
The offices specified in this Order are in addition to those specified in section 126(8)(a) of the Act, namely the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, and the Keeper of the Records of Scotland.
