Rule 33.51 Applications relating to orders for financial provision

Scotland

(1)

An application—

(a)

after final decree under any of the following provisions of the Act of 1985—

(i)

section 8(1) for periodical allowance,

(ii)

section 12(1)(b) (payment of capital sum or transfer of property),

(iii)

section 12(4) (variation of date or method of payment of capital sum or date of transfer of property), or

(iv)

section 13(4) (variation, recall, backdating or conversion of periodical allowance), F1...

F2(v)

section 14(1) (incidental orders), or

(b)

after the grant or refusal of an application under—

(i)

section 8(1) or 14(3) for an incidental order, or

(ii)

section 14(4) (variation or recall of incidental order),

shall be made by minute in the process of the action to which the application relates.

(2)

Where a minute is lodged under paragraph (1), any party may lodge a motion for any interim order which may be made pending the determination of the application.

F3(3)

An application under–

(a)

paragraph (5) of section 12A of the Act of 1985 F4 (recall or variation of order in respect of a pension lump sum), F5. . .

(b)

paragraph (7) of that section (variation of order in respect of pension lump sum to substitute trustees or managers), F6F7...

(F8ba)

section 12B(4) of the Act of 1985 (recall or variation of a capital sum order), or

(c)

section 28(10) or 48(9) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 F9,

shall be made by minute in the process of the action to which the application relates.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Sch. 1 rule 33.51(1)(a)(iv) omitted (28.11.2011) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/386), paras. 1(1), 2(2)(a) (with para. 10)
F2: Sch. 1 rule 33.51(1)(a)(v) inserted (28.11.2011) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/386), paras. 1(1), 2(2)(b) (with para. 10)
F3: Sch. 1 rule 33.51(3) inserted (1.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2445, para. 3(50)
F4: Section 12A of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.37) was inserted by the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26), section 167(3).
F5: Word in Sch. 1 rule 33.51(3)(a) omitted (24.1.2003) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) Amendment (Miscellaneous) 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/26), para. 2(9)(a)
F6: Word in Sch. 1 rule 33.51(3)(b) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/193), paras. 1(2), 15(3)(a) (with para. 20)
F7: Sch. 1 rule 33.51(3)(c) and word inserted (24.1.2003) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) Amendment (Miscellaneous) 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/26), para. 2(9)(b)
F8: Sch. 1 rule 33.51(3)(ba) inserted (6.4.2011) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/193), paras. 1(2), 15(3)(b) (with para. 20)
F9: 1999 c. 30.

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