PART 5INCIDENTAL PROCEDURE: STANDARD PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 16MINUTES
Applications to enter process as respondentI116.6
1
A person to whom the appeal has not been intimated may apply by minute for leave to enter the process as a party minuter and lodge answers.
2
A minute under paragraph (1) must specify—
a
the applicant’s title and interest to enter the process;
b
the basis for the answers that the applicant proposes to lodge.
3
At the hearing fixed under rule 16.3(1)(c), the procedural Appeal Sheriff must determine whether the applicant has shown title and interest to enter the process.
4
If the procedural Appeal Sheriff is satisfied, the procedural Appeal Sheriff may grant the applicant leave to enter the process and lodge answers.
5
Where leave is granted, the procedural Appeal Sheriff is to make such further order as the procedural Appeal Sheriff thinks fit.
6
In particular, such an order may include an order—
a
varying any timetable;
b
as to the expenses of the application.