PART 6INCIDENTAL PROCEDURE: SPECIAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 20DEVOLUTION ISSUES

Raising a devolution issue: permission to proceed20.4

1

When a devolution issue is raised, the Clerk is to fix a hearing and intimate the date and time of that hearing to the parties.

2

Within 14 days after the Clerk intimates the date and time of the hearing, each party must lodge a note of argument.

3

That note of argument must summarise the submissions the party intends to make on the question of whether a devolution issue arises in the appeal.

4

At the hearing, the procedural Appeal Sheriff is to determine whether a devolution issue arises in the appeal.

5

Where the procedural Appeal Sheriff determines that a devolution issue arises, the procedural Appeal Sheriff is to grant permission for the devolution issue to proceed.

6

Where the procedural Appeal Sheriff determines that no devolution issue arises, the procedural Appeal Sheriff is to refuse permission for the devolution issue to proceed.

7

At the hearing the procedural Appeal Sheriff may make any order, including an order concerning expenses.

8

In this rule, “party” includes a relevant authority that has given notice to the Clerk that it intends to take part in the appeal as a party.