# Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999, Rule 3.11.22: Application for serial number


(1) Where a person desiring to appeal wishes to prevent his identity being disclosed he may, before lodging the appeal, apply to the sheriff clerk for a serial number to be assigned to him for all purposes connected with the appeal.
(2) On receipt of an application for a serial number, the sheriff clerk shall assign such a number to the applicant and shall enter a note of it opposite the name of the applicant in the register of such serial numbers.
(3) The contents of the register of serial numbers and the names of the persons to whom each number relates shall be treated as confidential by the sheriff clerk and shall not be disclosed to any person other than–
(a) the sheriff;
(b) the registration officer whose decision or determination is the subject of the appeal.
(4) In this rule and in rule 3.11.23 “sheriff clerk” means the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district in which the appeal is or is to be raised.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/929/rule/3.11.22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-summary-applications-statutory-applications-and-appeals-etc-rules-1999/rule-3.11.22
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