Paragraph 33A.36H SistingF1

(1)

The sheriff may, on cause shown, of the sheriff’s own motion or on the motion of any party, sist the action until a specified date.

(2)

Where the action is sisted, the sheriff clerk must—

(a)

prepare an interlocutor specifying the reason for the sist and the date specified in paragraph (1) for the sheriff to sign;

(b)

fix a date for a review of sist hearing not later than 30 days following the expiration of the sist;

(c)

intimate the date of the review of sist hearing to each party.

(3)

Where a cause has been sisted, any period for adjustment before the sist is to be reckoned as a part of the period for adjustment.

Annotations

F1: Sch. 1 rules 33A.36A-33A.36Q inserted (25.9.2023) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Case Management of Defended Family and Civil Partnership Actions) 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/289), paras. 1(2), 2(24) (with para. 3)

F1

Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.

Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, para. 3.24, Sch. 3

Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)

C1: Sch. 1 applied (30.11.2016) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21), ss. 121(5), 237(2) (with ss. 232, 234(3), 235, 236); S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
C2: Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Intimation and Service) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/301), paras. 1(2), (4), 2 (with para. 1(5))
C3: Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission of Documents) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/302), paras. 1(2), 2(1), 3-5