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Rule 15.6 Motions to sistF1F2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Where a motion to sist is made, either orally or in writing in accordance with rule 15.1(1)(a) or (b)–

(a)

the reason for the sist shall be stated by the party seeking the sist; and

(b)

that reason shall be recorded in the interlocutor.

(2)

Where a cause has been sisted, the sheriff may, after giving parties an opportunity to be heard, recall the sist.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ch. 15 substituted (1.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2445, para. 3(22)

F2

Sch. 1 rule 15.6 inserted (2.10.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/239, para. 3(1)(5)

Notes on Schedule First

Textual amendments

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)

Modifications

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

Notes on Chapter 15

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 Chapter 15 applied (with modifications) (28.9.2009) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007) 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/284), para. 2, Sch. rule 52(2)