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Paragraph 32.1 Recall or variation of decree for aliment

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(1)

Applications for the recall or variation of any decree for payment of aliment pronounced in the small debt court under the Small Debt Acts or in a summary cause under the 1971 Act must be made by summons.

(2)

The sheriff may make such interim orders in relation to such applications or in relation to actions brought under section 3 of the Sheriff Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1963f1 as he thinks fit.

(3)

In paragraph (1) “the Small Debt Acts” means and includes the Small Debt (Scotland) Acts 1837 to 1889 and Acts explaining or amending the same.

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f1

1963 c. 22. Section 3 was substituted by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37), section 23.