Rule 3.58D Appointment and intimation of appeal hearingF1

(1)

On the lodging of an appeal, the sheriff clerk must—

(a)

assign a date for the hearing;

(b)

intimate the date of the hearing to the appellant or the appellant’s representative;

(c)

intimate the date of the hearing, together with a copy of the appeal, to the persons specified in paragraph (2).

(2)

Those persons are—

(a)

the child, unless the child is the appellant;

(b)

the chief social work officer of the appropriate local authority;

(c)

any relevant person, other than a relevant person who is the appellant;

(d)

any other person that the sheriff considers necessary.

(3)

The sheriff clerk must endorse a certificate of execution on the appeal.

(4)

Where an appeal is intimated to a child, that intimation must be in Form 64D.

(5)

The sheriff may dispense with intimation to a child if the sheriff considers it appropriate to do so.

Annotations

F1: Ch. 3 Pt. 8B inserted (1.2.2016) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/424), paras. 1(2), 3(7)

F1: Ch. 3 heading substituted (1.2.2016) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/424), paras. 1(2), 3(9)