UK Statutory Instrument SI 1991/1397 United Kingdom

Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1991

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1 Employer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art005 Training Regulated
  • Ensure training of employees training to become officers of courtEmployer
s.art006 Examinations Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Examination committee must set standards, papers, and feesStatutory regulator
s.art012 Officers of court to keep accounts Regulated
  • Keep separate client creditor accounts and recordsAny Person
28 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation, commencement and revocation
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Qualification as officer of court
s.art004 Qualification as messenger-at-arms
s.art007 Applications for recommendation for commission as messenger-at-arms
s.art008 Application for commission as sheriff officer
s.art009 Caution and professional indemnity insurance
s.art010 Renewals of Policy
s.art011 Transitional provisions
s.art013 Accountant’s certificate
s.art014 Official functions
s.art015 Extra-official activities
s.art016 Applications for authorisation to collect debts not constituted by decree
s.art017 Keeping of registers
s.art018 Intimation of information by officers of court for registers
s.art019 Reports and complaints
s.art020 Opportunity to officer of court to reply to allegation of misconduct
s.art021 Disciplinary proceedings against messengers-at-arms
s.art022 Procedure in proceedings against messengers-at-arms
s.art023 Disciplinary proceedings against sheriff officers
s.art024 Procedure in proceedings against sheriff officers
s.art025 Remits of disciplinary proceedings
s.art026 Opportunity to officer of court to make representations where order considered under section 80(1) and (2) of the
s.art027 Appeals
s.art028 Suspension under particular rules
s.art029 Mandate to recover debt in diligence
s.art030 Dealings in goods poinded or sold by virtue of diligence
s.art031 Official identity card
Schedules

Schedules

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2 other schedules
s.sch002 Bonds of caution
s.sch002 Policies of professional indemnity insurance

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