PART 3

INITIATION AND PROGRESS OF AN APPEAL
CHAPTER 7

PROCEDURE BEFORE THREE APPEAL SHERIFFS

Variation of timetable
7.3
1
Any party may apply by motion to vary the timetable.
2
An application to vary the timetable may only be granted on cause shown.
3
The procedural Appeal Sheriff may—
a
grant the application;
b
refuse the application; or
c
make an order not sought in the application, where the procedural Appeal Sheriff considers that doing so would secure the expeditious disposal of the appeal.
4
Where the procedural Appeal Sheriff makes an order varying the timetable, the Clerk must—
a
discharge the procedural hearing fixed under rule 7.2(2);
b
issue a revised timetable in Form 7.2;
c
fix a procedural hearing.
Para. 7.3 in force at 6.1.2022, see para. 1.1(2)