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Rule 33.74 Form of applications

Scotland

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

(1)

A simplified divorce application in which the facts set out in section 1(2)(d) of the Act of 1976 (no cohabitation for F1one year with consent of defender to decree) are relied on shall be made in Form F31 and shall only be of effect if—

(a)

it is signed by the applicant; and

(b)

the form of consent in Part 2 of Form F2F31 is signed by the party to the marriage giving consent.

(2)

A simplified divorce application in which the facts set out in section 1(2)(e) of the Act of 1976 (no cohabitation for F3two years) are relied on shall be made in Form F33 and shall only be of effect if it is signed by the applicant.

F4(3)

A simplified divorce application in which the facts set out in section 1(1)(b) of the Act of 1976 (grounds of divorce: interim gender recognition certificate) are relied on shall be made in Form F33A and shall only be of effect if signed by the applicant.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 rule 33.74(1) substituted (4.5.2006) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules) Amendment (Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 etc.) 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/207), {rule 2(37)(a)}

F2

Word in Sch. 1 rule 33.74(1)(b) substituted (1.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2445, para. 3(54)

F3

Word in Sch. 1 rule 33.74(2) substituted (4.5.2006) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules) Amendment (Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 etc.) 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/207), {rule 2(37)(b)}

F4

Sch. 1 rule 33.74(3) inserted (4.5.2006) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules) Amendment (Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 etc.) 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/207), {rule 2(37)(c)}

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