Procedure following leave to enter processS
13.2.(1)Where a party minuter lodges [F1defences], the sheriff clerk shall fix a date and time under rule 9.2 for a hearing under rule 9.12 (Options Hearing) as if the party minuter had lodged a notice of intention to defend and the period of notice had expired on the date for lodging answers.
(2)At the Options Hearing, or at any time thereafter, the sheriff may grant such decree or other order as he thinks fit.
(3)A decree or other order against the party minuter shall have effect and be extractable in the same way as a decree or other order against a defender.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in rule 13.2(1) substituted (1.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2445, para. 3(18)