FOI/19/02368 · FOI · unclear

Letters Patent appointing the Lord Advocate: FOI release

Published: 2019-10-23
Received: 2019-10-07
Responded: 2019-10-22
Directorate: Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Topic: Public sector
Exemptions: None detected

Information requested

You asked for “a copy of the Letters Patent appointing the Lord Advocate”.

Response

The Lord Advocate’s appointment was in the form of a warrant from Her Majesty, rather than Letters Patent. I attach a photograph of the warrant.

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Attachments

FOI-19-02368 - Information Released 1 page PDF 4.0 MB

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