{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-15.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-15.3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/356",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/15.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "15.3",
  "heading": "Orders for intimation and answers",
  "text": "(1) On the first available court day after being lodged, a minute is to be brought before the procedural Appeal Sheriff for an order—\n(a) for intimation, within 7 days after the date of the order, to—\n(i) every other party to the appeal;\n(ii) any other person who appears to have an interest in the minute;\n(b) for any person on whom the minute is intimated to lodge answers, if so advised, within 14 days after the date of intimation;\n(c) fixing a hearing on the minute and any answers no sooner than 28 days after the date of the order.\n(2) The procedural Appeal Sheriff may vary the periods of 7 days, 14 days and 28 days mentioned in paragraph (1)—\n(a) of the procedural Appeal Sheriff’s own accord; or\n(b) on cause shown, on the application of the applicant.\n(3) An application mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) must—\n(a) be included in the minute;\n(b) give reasons for varying the period.\n(4) Where a minute is intimated in accordance with an order under this rule, the applicant must lodge a certificate of intimation in Form 6.5 within 14 days after the date of intimation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules revoked (with saving in rule 34.3) (6.1.2022) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/468), rules 1.1(2), 34.1 (with rules 1.2, 34.3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 15.3 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/356/rule/15.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:22.115070+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."
}