(1)The [F1Scottish Court Service] [F2may from time to time issue to sheriff clerks] such instructions as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
[F3(1A)The Lord Advocate may from time to time issue to procurators fiscal such instructions as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of—
(a)giving effect to the provisions of this Act, or
(b)the efficient disposal of business in the sheriff courts.]
(2)The [F4Scottish Ministers] may from time to time by order make such modifications and adaptations of the provisions of any enactment as may be necessary in consequence of the exercise of the power vested in [F5the Scottish Court Service] by subsection (1) of section one of this Act to appoint a sheriff clerk for an area other than a [F6sheriffdom].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 8(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), ss. 63(4), 76(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(7)(a); S.S.I. 2010/39, art. 2(b), Sch.
F2Words in s. 8(1) substituted (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), Sch. 5 para. 5(2); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), Sch.
F3S. 8(1A) inserted (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), Sch. 5 para. 5(3); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), Sch.
F4Words in s. 8(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), ss. 63(4), 76(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(7)(b)(i); S.S.I. 2010/39, art. 2(b), Sch.
F5Words in s. 8(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), ss. 63(4), 76(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(7)(b)(ii); S.S.I. 2010/39, art. 2(b), Sch.
F6Word substituted by virtue of Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), Sch. 1 para. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 8(1) amended by Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 20