{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-22.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-22.7.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2021/468",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021",
  "path": "rule/22.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "22.7",
  "heading": "Reference to the Inner House or Supreme Court: further procedure",
  "text": "(1) On a reference being made, the appeal must, unless the Court orders otherwise, be sisted until the compatibility question or devolution issue has been determined.\n(2) Despite a reference being made, the Court continues to have the power to make any interim order required in the interests of the parties.\n(3) The Court may recall a sist for the purpose of making such interim orders.\n(4) On a reference being made the Clerk must send the principal copy of the reference to either (as the case may be)—\n(a) the Deputy Principal Clerk of the Court of Session; or\n(b) the Registrar of the Supreme Court (together with 7 copies).\n(5) Unless the Court orders otherwise, the Clerk must not send the principal copy of the reference where an appeal against the making of the reference is pending.\n(6) An appeal is to be treated as pending either—\n(a) until the expiry of the time for making that appeal; or\n(b) where an appeal has been made, until that appeal has been determined.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 22 substituted (16.7.2024) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Sheriff Appeal Court Rules 2021 Amendment) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024) 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/195), paras. 1(2), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/468/rule/22.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:52:26.871573+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."
}