Act of Sederunt (Commissary Court Books) 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/3256
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Commissary Court Books) 1992 and shall come into force on 11th January 1993.

(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Act of Sederunt—

“the commissary clerk” means the commissary clerk in Edinburgh.

Section 3 The Commissary Court Books

(1) The Commissary Court Books, together with any machinery or equipment incidental to their keeping, shall be kept by the commissary clerk at his office.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph the Commissary Court Books kept by the commissary clerk shall comprise—

(a) a microfilm record of every writ received by the commissary clerk for recording; and

(b) an index, recorded on computer disk, of every writ which has been recorded on microfilm.

(3) Any person may—

(a) inspect any writ recorded in the Commissary Court Books; or

(b) obtain a copy of any such writ.

(4) In relation to writs recorded in the Commissary Court Books of the commissary clerk or the sheriff clerk prior to the commencement of this Act of Sederunt, such writs may be kept in the form in which they were recorded prior to the commencement of this Act of Sederunt, until the commissary clerk records them in the Commissary Court Books kept under sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph.

Section 4 Transmission for recording

(1) The sheriff principal may authorise the sheriff clerk to send to the commissary clerk any part of the Commissary Court Books kept by the sheriff clerk prior to the commencement of this Act of Sederunt.

(2) The sheriff clerk shall, upon receipt of an authorisation under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph and with the consent of the commissary clerk, send to the commissary clerk any part of the Commissary Court Books kept by the sheriff clerk prior to the commencement of this Act of Sederunt.

(3) In relation to any writ which is to be recorded in the Commissary Court Books after the commencement of this Act of Sederunt, the sheriff clerk shall, upon issue of confirmation, send such writ to the commissary clerk.

Section 5 Recording

The commissary clerk shall, upon receipt of a writ under paragraph 4 of this Act of Sederunt, record the writ in the Commissary Court Books kept by him under and in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Act of Sederunt.

Section 6 Disposal of writs

The sheriff principal may authorise the commissary clerk to dispose of by destruction or otherwise, any writ which has been recorded by the commissary clerk under paragraph 5 of this Act of Sederunt.

Section 7 Revocation

The Act of Sederunt (Introduction of a Photographic Process for Copying Deeds and other Writings presented for registration in the Sheriff Court Books and Commissary Court Books) 1944( ) is revoked.