{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-24.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-24.5.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/24.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "24.5",
  "heading": "Form of intervention",
  "text": "(1) An intervention is to be by way of written submission.\n(2) A written submission (including any appendices) must not exceed 5,000 words.\n(3) The intervener must lodge the written submission within such time as the Court may direct.\n(4) In exceptional circumstances, the Court may allow—\n(a) a written submission exceeding 5,000 words to be made;\n(b) an oral submission to be made.\n(5) Where the Court allows an oral submission to be made, it must appoint a date and time for the submission to be made.\n(6) The Clerk must notify that date and time to the parties and the intervener.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Para. 24.5 in force at 6.1.2022, see para. 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/468/rule/24.5",
    "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."
}