Statutory Instruments
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND
Made
6th September 1994
Coming into force
1st October 1994
The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 5 of the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1880(1), section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved with modifications draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971, do hereby enact and declare:
1.-(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Judicial Factors Rules) (Amendment) 1994 and shall come into force on 1st October 1994.
2.-(1) The Act of Sederunt (Judicial Factors Rules) 1992(3) shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.
(2) In rule 6 (intimation and service)-
(a)in paragraph (1)(a), for the words "a copy of the application" substitute the words "a notice in Form 7"; and
(b)after paragraph (2), insert the following paragraph:-
"(3) Before the first order in an application is pronounced, a copy of the application shall be lodged with the sheriff clerk, who may provide any interested party with further details of the application.".
(3) In the Schedule, after Form 6, insert the form set out in the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt.
J A D Hope
Lord President, IPD
Edinburgh
6th September 1994
Paragraph 2(3)
Rule 6(1)
(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt substitutes, for the requirement in rule 6(1) of the Act of Sederunt (Judicial Factors Rules) 1992 for the first order in an application to provide for intimation of a copy of the application by display on the walls of court, the requirement to lodge a copy of the application with the sheriff clerk and intimation of a notice of the application only. It also provides the form of the notice.