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Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

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2 Applications and other proceedings and appealsS

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(1)This section shall apply for the purposes of any application which may be made to and any other proceedings before the sheriff under this Act.

(2)An application to the sheriff under this Act shall be made by summary application.

(3)Unless otherwise expressly provided for, any decision of the sheriff at first instance in any application to, or in any other proceedings before, him under this Act may be appealed to the sheriff principal, and the decision upon such appeal of the sheriff principal may be appealed, with the leave of the sheriff principal, to the Court of Session.

(4)Rules made under section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c.58) may make provision as to the evidence which the sheriff shall take into account when deciding whether to give a direction under section 11(1).

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