226.Section 20E of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 provides for certain former judges to be appointed by the Lord President to sit as judges of the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary. Appointment under that section is for a period or occasion specified by the Lord President and is only to be made where the Lord President considers it reasonably necessary in order for the relevant court to carry out its business.
227.Section 73 amends section 20E of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 to provide that, where the relevant judge has carried out the training which is required of judges of the Sexual Offences Court, they may also be appointed to sit as judges of that court under section 20E.
Crown Application Part 7 – Sexual Offences Court Judges of the Sexual Offences Court Section 73 – Judges of the Sexual Offences Court: re-employment of former judges