{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.57.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/3.57",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.57",
  "heading": "Adjournment or continuation of appeals",
  "text": "(1) The sheriff may, on the motion of any party or on his own motion, adjourn or continue the hearing of the appeal for such reasonable time and for such purpose as may in the circumstances be appropriate.\n(2) In the event of such adjournment or continuation the sheriff may make such order as the sheriff deems necessary to secure the expeditious determination of the appeal.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 3.57 renumbered as rule 3.57(1) (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(46)(b) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.57 inserted (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(46)(a) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 3.57(2) inserted (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(46)(c) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 3.57 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(46)(d) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.57 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/3.57",
    "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."
}