Commentary on Sections Part 3: Auditors of Court Section 18 – Guidance
35.This section confers a duty on the Auditor of the Court of Session to issue written guidance to the other auditors of court about the exercise of their functions. Subsection (2) provides that this guidance may include the types and levels of expenses that may be allowed in a taxation. Subsection (3) provides that guidance is to have the objective of auditors of court acting consistently and transparently. The other auditors of court (as well as the sheriff court auditors, any Temporary Auditor of the Court of Session and persons dealing with accounts under section 17) are, under subsection 4, required to have regard to the guidance. Subsection 5 details that the guidance must be published in writing and subsection 6 details that it may be revised as appropriate from time to time. It should be noted however that, under section 15(3)(b), a Temporary Auditor of the Court of Session does not have authority to issue or revise guidance.