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81 Provisions supplementary to section 80.
(1) The Court of Session shall cause intimation to be made of any order of the Court of Session under section 80(1)(a), (3A), (4), (4A) or (8)(b) of this Act to—
(a) every sheriff principal from whom the messenger-at-arms holds a commission as a sheriff officer;
(b) the Lord Lyon King of Arms;
(c) the professional association designated under section 63(1) of the 2007 Act.
(2) The sheriff principal shall cause intimation to be made of any order made by him under section 80(2)(a), (3B), (6), (6A) or (8)(b) of this Act—
(a) to every other sheriff principal from whom the sheriff officer holds a commission as a sheriff officer; ...
(b) if the sheriff officer is a messenger-at-arms, to the Court of Session and the Lord Lyon King of Arms, and
(c) the professional association designated under section 63(1) of the 2007 Act.
(3) On intimation under this section of an order under section 80(1)(a), (2)(a), (3A), (3B) or (8)(b) of this Act or of an order under subsection (4) or (6) of that section specified respectively in subsection (5)(a) or (7)(a) thereof or of an order under subsection (4A) or (6A) of that section specified respectively in subsection (5)(a) or (7)(a) thereof—
(a) to a sheriff principal, he shall make an order suspending the sheriff officer concerned from practice until the expiry of the period for which he has been suspended by the order so intimated, or (as the case may be) depriving him of office, in the sheriffdom;
(b) to the Lord Lyon King of Arms, he shall—
(i) in the case of an order intimated under subsection (1) above, suspend the messenger-at-arms concerned from practice for the period specified in the order or (as the case may be) deprive him of office; or
(ii) in the case of an order intimated under subsection (2) above, suspend the messenger-at-arms from practice until the expiry of the period for which he has been suspended by the order so intimated or (as the case may be) deprive him of office.
(4) It shall not be competent for the Lord Lyon King of Arms to discipline a messenger-at-arms or suspend him from practice or deprive him of office except in accordance with subsection (3)(b) above.
Your change, as a redline
81 Provisions supplementary to section 80.
(1) The Court of Session shall cause intimation to be made of any order of the Court of Session under section 80(1)(a), (3A), (4), (4A) or (8)(b) of this Act to—
(a) every sheriff principal from whom the messenger-at-arms holds a commission as a sheriff officer;
(b) the Lord Lyon King of Arms;
(c) the professional association designated under section 63(1) of the 2007 Act.
(2) The sheriff principal shall cause intimation to be made of any order made by him under section 80(2)(a), (3B), (6), (6A) or (8)(b) of this Act—
(a) to every other sheriff principal from whom the sheriff officer holds a commission as a sheriff officer; ...
(b) if the sheriff officer is a messenger-at-arms, to the Court of Session and the Lord Lyon King of Arms, and
(c) the professional association designated under section 63(1) of the 2007 Act.
(3) On intimation under this section of an order under section 80(1)(a), (2)(a), (3A), (3B) or (8)(b) of this Act or of an order under subsection (4) or (6) of that section specified respectively in subsection (5)(a) or (7)(a) thereof or of an order under subsection (4A) or (6A) of that section specified respectively in subsection (5)(a) or (7)(a) thereof—
(a) to a sheriff principal, he shall make an order suspending the sheriff officer concerned from practice until the expiry of the period for which he has been suspended by the order so intimated, or (as the case may be) depriving him of office, in the sheriffdom;
(b) to the Lord Lyon King of Arms, he shall—
(i) in the case of an order intimated under subsection (1) above, suspend the messenger-at-arms concerned from practice for the period specified in the order or (as the case may be) deprive him of office; or
(ii) in the case of an order intimated under subsection (2) above, suspend the messenger-at-arms from practice until the expiry of the period for which he has been suspended by the order so intimated or (as the case may be) deprive him of office.
(4) It shall not be competent for the Lord Lyon King of Arms to discipline a messenger-at-arms or suspend him from practice or deprive him of office except in accordance with subsection (3)(b) above.
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