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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-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": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Use of Gaelic",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where the use of Gaelic by a party has been authorised by the sheriff in the proceedings out of which an appeal arises.\n(2) That party may apply by motion for authority to address the Court in Gaelic at—\n(a) an appeal hearing fixed under rule 7.9(3)(a) or rule 8.2(1)(a);\n(b) a hearing under rule 30.4.\n(3) Where proof or additional proof is ordered in accordance with rule 25.1 and that party wishes to give oral evidence in Gaelic, the party may apply by motion for authority to do so.\n(4) Where the Court grants authority under sub-paragraph (2) or (3), an interpreter must be provided by the Court.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 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/schedule/1/paragraph/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."
}