Paragraph 11 Consent to application for time to pay direction
Where the defender has delivered a form of response to the sheriff clerk in accordance with rule 9 above making application for a time to pay direction (including, where appropriate, an application for recall or restriction of an arrestment), the pursuer may intimate that he does not object to the application by—
entering a minute in the Book of Small Claims stating that he does not object to the defender’s application and for decree;
lodging with the sheriff clerk a minute in form 12; or
lodging with the sheriff clerk form 9 with a minute duly signed,
before noon on the day prior to the date for the preliminary hearing.
Where the pursuer intimates under paragraph (1) of this rule that he does not object to the defender’s application for a time to pay direction (including, where appropriate, an application for recall or restriction of an arrestment), the sheriff may grant decree on the date for the preliminary hearing and the parties shall not be required to attend and the cause shall not be called, in court.