Transfer of proceedings to the TribunalS
[F142.2.(1)A party in proceedings for a monetary claim to which section 47A of the 1998 Act F2 applies may apply by motion to the sheriff for an order transferring the proceedings, or any part of them, to the Tribunal.
(2)Where the sheriff orders that such proceedings (or any part of them) are transferred to the Tribunal, the sheriff clerk shall, within 7 days from the date of such order–
(a)transmit the process (or the appropriate part) to the clerk of the Tribunal;
(b)notify each party to the proceedings in writing of the transmission under sub paragraph (a); and
(c)certify, by making an appropriate entry on the interlocutor sheet, that he has made all notifications required under sub paragraph (b).
(3)Transmission of the process under paragraph (2)(a) shall be valid notwithstanding any failure by the sheriff clerk to comply with paragraph (2)(b) and (c).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 Ch. 42 inserted (20.8.2004) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules) Amendment (Competition Appeal Tribunal) 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/350), art. 2
F2Section 47A was inserted by the Enterprise Act 2002, section 18.