Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907

Sisting S

[F1 33A.36H. (1) The sheriff may, on cause shown, of the sheriff’s own motion or on the motion of any party, sist the action until a specified date.

(2) Where the action is sisted, the sheriff clerk must—

(a) prepare an interlocutor specifying the reason for the sist and the date specified in paragraph (1) for the sheriff to sign;

(b) fix a date for a review of sist hearing not later than 30 days following the expiration of the sist;

(c) intimate the date of the review of sist hearing to each party.

(3) Where a cause has been sisted, any period for adjustment before the sist is to be reckoned as a part of the period for adjustment.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 rules 33A.36A-33A.36Q inserted (25.9.2023) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Case Management of Defended Family and Civil Partnership Actions) 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/289), paras. 1(2), 2(24) (with para. 3)