# Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907, Paragraph 36.H1: Applications for sist or for variation of timetable

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(1) The action may be sisted or the timetable varied by the sheriff on an application by any party to the action by motion ....
(2) An application under paragraph (1)—
(a) shall be placed before the sheriff; and
(b) shall be granted only on ... cause shown.
(2A) The sheriff may, on the sheriff’s own motion, vary the timetable where satisfied that the efficient determination of the action would be served by doing so and in consequence may—
(a) discharge a diet ordered pursuant to rule 36.G1(5) or (7) (allocation of diets and timetables); or
(b) sist the action.
(3) Any sist of an action in terms of this rule shall be for a specific period.
(4) Where the timetable issued under rule 36.G1 is varied under this rule, the sheriff clerk shall issue a revised timetable in Form PI5.
(5) A revised timetable issued under paragraph (4) shall have effect as if it were a timetable issued under rule 36.G1 and any reference in this Part to any action being taken in accordance with the timetable shall be construed as a reference to its being taken in accordance with the timetable as varied under this rule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/1/paragraph/36.H1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/paragraph-36.H1
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