
2024 No. 148
Sheriff Court
The Sheriff (Removal from Office) Order 2024
Made at 9.00 a.m. on 21st May 2024
Laid before the Scottish Parliament at 12.15 p.m. on 21st May 2024
Coming into force 7th June 2024

The First Minister makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 25(2) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, and all other powers enabling him to do so.

In accordance with section 25(1) of that Act this Order is made—
(a) after considering a report by a tribunal constituted under section 21(1) of that Act to the First Minister that Sheriff John Albert Brown is unfit to hold the office of sheriff by reason of misbehaviour; and
(b) that report being laid by the First Minister before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 24(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the Sheriff (Removal from Office) Order 2024 and comes into force on 7 June 2024.
Removal from office
2 
Sheriff John Albert Brown, a sheriff for the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands, is removed from the office of sheriff.
JOHN SWINNEY
First Minister, Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
At 9.00 a.m. on 21st May 2024