Part V Miscellaneous and supplemental

Supplemental

77AF1Procedure for order of sheriff under section F4... 32A: Scotland

1

This section applies to an application to the sheriff for an order under section F2... 32A.

2

Rules of court must make provision for the purposes of ensuring that an application to which this section applies is dealt with in private and must, in particular—

a

require the sheriff to determine an application in private,

b

secure that any hearing is to be held in private, and

c

ensure that notice of an application (or of any order being made) is not given to—

i

the person to whom the authorisation or notice which is the subject of the application or order relates, or

ii

such a person's representatives.

3

The Court of Session's power under section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 to regulate and prescribe the procedure and practice to be followed in relation to an application to which this section applies is subject to, but is not otherwise constrained by, F3section 32B and this section.