
1 
This Order may be cited as the Maximum Number of Part-Time Sheriffs (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2 
In section 11A(5) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (which provides that the number of persons holding appointments as part-time sheriffs shall not at any one time exceed 60) for the number “60” there is hereby fixed in substitution the number “80”.
HUGH HENRY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th May 2006