# Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907, Rule 18.8: Preliminary pleas inserted on amendment


(1) Where a party seeks to add a preliminary plea by amendment or answers to an amendment, or by adjustment thereto, a note of the basis for the plea shall be lodged at the same time as the minute, answers or adjustment, as the case may be.
(2) If a party fails to comply with paragraph (1), that party shall be deemed to be no longer insisting on the preliminary plea and the plea shall be repelled by the sheriff.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/1/part/1/chapter/18/rule/18.8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-18/rule-18.8
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