Rule 9.8 Adjustment of pleadings

(1)

Parties may adjust their pleadings until 14 days before the date of the Options Hearing or any continuation of it.

(2)

Any adjustments shall be exchanged between parties and not lodged in process.

(3)

Parties shall be responsible for maintaining a record of adjustments made during the period for adjustment.

(4)

No adjustments shall be permitted after the period mentioned in paragraph (1) except with leave of the sheriff.

Notes on Schedule First

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

C1: Sch. 1 Ch. 9 excluded (1.11.2012) by Act of Sederunt (Jurisdiction in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children Rules) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/192), para. 1(1), (6)