{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-14.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-14.6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/313",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016",
  "path": "rule/14.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14.6",
  "heading": "Taking of evidence by commissioner: preparatory steps",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where the sheriff authorises the special measure of taking evidence by a commissioner under section 19(1) of the 2004 Act.\n(2) The commission is to proceed without interrogatories unless the sheriff otherwise orders.\n(3) The order of the sheriff authorising the special measure is sufficient authority for citing the vulnerable witness to appear before the commissioner.\n(4) The party who cited the vulnerable witness—\n(a) must give the commissioner—\n(i) a certified copy of the order of the sheriff appointing the commissioner;\n(ii) a copy of the pleadings;\n(iii) where rule 14.7 applies, the approved interrogatories and cross-interrogatories;\n(b) must instruct the clerk to the commission;\n(c) is responsible in the first instance for the fee of the commissioner and the clerk.\n(5) The commissioner is to fix a hearing at which the commission will be carried out.\n(6) The commissioner must consult the parties before fixing the hearing.\n(7) An application by a party for leave to be present in the room where the commission is carried out is to be made by motion.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 14.6 in force at 30.11.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/313/rule/14.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:11.793984+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."
}