32.—[F1(1) This regulation makes provision in connection with the right of appeal under section 56(1)(a), (aza), (azb), (azc), (azd), (aa) and (ab) of the 1983 Act.]
(2) A person desiring to appeal must–
(a)give notice of appeal to the registration officer and to the opposite party (if any) when the decision is given, or within 14 days thereafter, and
(b)specify the grounds of appeal.
(3) The registration officer shall forward any such notice and grounds of appeal to the sheriff together, in each case, with–
(a)a statement of the material facts which in his opinion have been established in the case, and
(b)his decision upon the whole case and on any point which may be specified as a ground of appeal;
and the registration officer shall also give the sheriff such further information as the sheriff may require and which the registration officer is able to give.
(4) Where it appears to the registration officer that any notices of appeal given to him are based on similar grounds, he shall inform the sheriff of this to enable the sheriff (if he thinks fit) to consolidate the appeals or select a case as a test case.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 32(1) substituted (9.12.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3124), regs. 1, 6
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 32 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)