{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-7.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-7.4.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/7.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7.4",
  "heading": "Determination of applications and remits",
  "text": "(1) When an application or a remit is lodged, the sheriff is to make—\n(a) an order for intimation to any person who appears to the sheriff to have an interest in it;\n(b) an order specifying how it is to be determined.\n(2) A certificate of intimation in Form 5.7 must be lodged within 14 days after the date of intimation by—\n(a) in the case of an application, the applicant;\n(b) in the case of a remit, AiB.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), where—\n(a) an application, or a remitted application, is unopposed, the sheriff is to dispose of it in chambers without the appearance of parties, unless the sheriff otherwise determines;\n(b) the sheriff requires to hear parties on an application or remit, the sheriff clerk is to fix a hearing and intimate the date and time of the hearing to the parties.\n(4) Where an order is granted disposing of an application or a remit in accordance with paragraph (3)(a), the sheriff clerk is to intimate the order to the parties.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 7.4 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/7.4",
    "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."
}