Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure) 2016

Warrants

4.—(1) In the Simple Procedure Rules—

(a) a claim being registered—

(i) is warrant for the service of the Claim Form on the respondent;

(ii) is warrant for the citation of witnesses;

(b) a Response Form being registered is warrant for the citation of witnesses;

(c) a certified copy of a written order granting a provisional order is sufficient authority for execution of the diligence specified in the provisional order;

(d) in Part 11, a sheriff ordering a witness to be brought to court—

(i) is warrant for the apprehension of that witness and for having that witness brought to court,

(ii) that warrant is effective in all sheriffdoms without endorsation, and

(iii) the expenses of that warrant may be awarded against the witness.

(2) In a claim for delivery in a simple procedure case, the court may—

(a) grant warrant to search for and take possession of goods and to open shut and lockfast places, and

(b) that warrant only applies to premises occupied by the respondent.