{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-16.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-16.1.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/16.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.1",
  "heading": "Amendment of sheriff court pleadings",
  "text": "(1) Any party to an appeal may apply by motion to amend the pleadings in the sheriff court process.\n(2) Where the procedural Appeal Sheriff—\n(a) allows an amendment to the pleadings in the sheriff court process; and\n(b) considers that the amendment makes a material change to the pleadings,\nthe procedural Appeal Sheriff may set aside the decision appealed against and remit the matter to the sheriff for a further hearing.",
  "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 16.1 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/16.1",
    "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."
}