SCHEDULE 1SMALL CLAIM RULES 2002
CHAPTER 25Electronic transmission of documents
Extent of provision
25.1.
(1)
Any document referred to in these rules which requires to be–
(a)
lodged with the sheriff clerk;
(b)
intimated to a party; or
(c)
sent by the sheriff clerk,
may be in electronic or documentary form, and if in electronic form may be lodged, intimated or sent by e-mail or similar means.
(2)
Paragraph (1) does not apply to any certificate of execution of service, citation or arrestment, or to a decree or extract decree of the court.
(3)
Where any document is lodged by e-mail or similar means the sheriff may require any principal document to be lodged.
Time of lodgement
25.2.
The time of lodgement, intimation or sending shall be the time when the document was sent or transmitted.