{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.46.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/291",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997",
  "path": "rule/3.46",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.46",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of application",
  "text": "(1) At any stage of the proceedings before the application is determined the Principal Reporter may withdraw the application, either in whole or in part, by lodging a minute to that effect or by motion at the hearing.\n(2) The Principal Reporter shall intimate such withdrawal to–\n(a) the child, except where service on the child has been dispensed with in terms of rule 3.3;\n(b) any relevant person whose whereabouts are known to the Principal Reporter; and\n(c) any safeguarder and curator ad litem.\n(3) In the event of withdrawal in whole in terms of paragraph (1), the sheriff shall dismiss the application and discharge the referral.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.46(1) substituted (24.6.2013) by Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(33)(a) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.46(2)(3) substituted (24.6.2013) by Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(33)(b) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.46(2)(c) substituted (24.6.2013) by Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(33)(c) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 3.46 heading substituted (24.6.2013) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(33)(d) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.46 in force at 1.4.1997, see rule 1.1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/291/rule/3.46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:57.022825+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}