{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/103",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Fatal Accident Inquiry Rules) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Opposition to applications in writing",
  "text": "(1) A receiving participant may oppose an application by lodging a notice of opposition in Form S1.5.\n(2) Any notice of opposition must be lodged within 7 days after the date of intimation of the application.\n(3) The sheriff may, on the request of a participant—\n(a) vary the period of 7 days mentioned in subparagraph (2); or\n(b) dispense with intimation on any participant.\n(4) A request mentioned in subparagraph (3) must—\n(a) be included in the application; and\n(b) give reasons for varying the period or dispensing with intimation, as the case may be.\n(5) The sheriff may allow a notice of opposition to be lodged late, on cause shown.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 15.6.2017, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/103/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:19.120442+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."
}