{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-4.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-4.6.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/4.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.6",
  "heading": "Lay support: functions, conditions and duties",
  "text": "(1) A lay supporter may assist a party by accompanying the party at hearings in court or in chambers.\n(2) A lay supporter may, if authorised by the party, assist the party by—\n(a) providing moral support;\n(b) helping to manage court documents and other papers;\n(c) taking notes of the proceedings;\n(d) quietly advising on—\n(i) points of law and procedure;\n(ii) issues which the party litigant might wish to raise with the Court.\n(3) A party may show any document (including a court document) or communicate any information about the proceedings to that party’s lay supporter without contravening any prohibition or restriction on the disclosure of the document or information.\n(4) Where a document or information is disclosed under paragraph (3), the lay supporter is subject to any prohibition or restriction on the disclosure in the same way that the party is.\n(5) A lay supporter must not receive, directly or indirectly, from the party any remuneration or other reward for assisting the party.\n(6) Any expenses incurred by a party in connection with a lay supporter are not recoverable expenses in the proceedings.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Para. 4.6 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/4.6",
    "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."
}