{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-16.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-16.5.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/16.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.5",
  "heading": "Applications for variation or revocation",
  "text": "(1) A person aggrieved by an order may apply to the sheriff for its variation or revocation.\n(2) An application is to be made in Form 16.5.\n(3) When an application is made—\n(a) the sheriff is to appoint a date and time for a hearing;\n(b) the sheriff clerk must—\n(i) notify the date and time of the hearing to the parties to the proceedings and the applicant; and\n(ii) send a copy of the application to the parties.\n(4) The hearing is, so far as reasonably practicable, to be before the sheriff who made the order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 16.5 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/16.5",
    "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."
}