This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2021.

It comes into force on 6th January 2022.

A certified copy is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

In this Act of Sederunt—

• “the 2014 Act” means the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014;

• “advocate” means a practising member of the Faculty of Advocates;

• “Chapter 7 procedure” has the meaning given by rule 7.1;

• “Chapter 8 procedure” has the meaning given by rule 8.1;

• “the Clerk” means the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court;

• “the Court” means the Sheriff Appeal Court;

• “grounds of appeal” is to be construed in accordance with rule 6.2(2)(b);

• “party litigant” has the meaning given by rule 4.1;

• “procedural Appeal Sheriff” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(1) of schedule 1;

• “procedural hearing” means a hearing under rule 7.9 or rule 29.13;

• “sheriff court process” means—

  1. a

     the sheriff court process for the cause that is appealed to the Court; or

  2. b

     where the cause is recorded in an official book of the sheriff court, a copy of the record in that book certified by the sheriff clerk;

• “sheriff’s note” means a note setting out the reasons for the decision appealed against;

• “solicitor” means a person qualified to practise as a solicitor under section 4 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 19804;

• “timetable” means a timetable in—

  1. a

     Form 7.2 issued under—

     1. i

        rule 6.12(5)(a);

     2. ii

        rule 7.2(1); or

     3. iii

        rule 7.3(4)(b); or

  2. b

     Form 29.5 issued under—

     1. i

        rule 29.5(1);

     2. ii

        rule 29.6(6)(a); or

     3. iii

        rule 29.6(7)(b).

In relation to an application under section 69(1) or 71(2) of the 2014 Act—

• “appeal” includes that application;

• “appellant” includes the applicant;

• “note of appeal” includes an application in Form 29.2 or Form 29.14.

Where there is a reference in these Rules to a form, it is a reference to that form in schedule 2.

Where these Rules require a form to be used, that form may be varied where the circumstances require it.