Article 10 Reference of devolution issue to Inner House of the Court of Session or Judicial Committee
This rule applies where–
any reference of a devolution issue is made to the Inner House of the Court of Session; or
the sheriff is required by the relevant authority to refer a devolution issue to the Judicial Committee.
Where a reference is made in accordance with paragraph (1) above, the sheriff shall pronounce an interlocutor giving directions about the manner and time in which the reference is to be drafted and adjusted.
When the reference has been drafted and adjusted in accordance with paragraph (2) above, the sheriff shall sign the reference.
The reference shall include such matters as are prescribed in Schedule 2 to this Act of Sederunt, and shall have annexed to it the interlocutor making the reference and any other order of the court in the cause.
The sheriff clerk shall send a copy of the reference by first class recorded delivery post to–
the parties to the proceedings; and
the relevant authority (if he is not already a party) who may have a potential interest in the proceedings,
and shall certify on the back of the principal reference that a copy has been sent and to whom.