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2. In the First Schedule to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907( (1)) (Ordinary Cause Rules), after rule 72, insert the following rule:—
72A.—(1) Any written statement (including an affidavit) or report, admissible under section 2(1)(b) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988( (2)) may be received in evidence in any ordinary cause without being spoken to by a witness subject to the provisions of this rule.
(2) The following provisions of this rule do not apply to any such written statement or report in respect of which express provision is made in these rules for its admissibility in evidence in relation to a particular category of ordinary cause.
(3) Application to the sheriff to receive any such written statement or report in evidence without being spoken to by a witness shall be made by way of motion.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), on enrolling any such motion, the applicant shall lodge—
(a)the written statement or report as a production;
(b)in any case where the other party or parties have not agreed to the written statement or report in question being received in evidence without being spoken to by a witness, an affidavit or affidavits in support of the motion stating—
(i)the name, designation, and qualifications (if any) of the author of the statement or report in question;
(ii)the circumstances in which it was written; and
(iii)the reasons for the application.
(5) Paragraph (4) does not apply to an application made in respect of a written statement or report in the form of an affidavit which includes the information specified in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4).
(6) On the hearing of any such motion, the sheriff may grant the motion, with or without conditions, or may refuse it, or may continue the motion to enable such further information to be obtained as he may require for the purpose of determining the application.
(7) For the purpose of this rule—
(a)expressions used in this rule and in the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 shall have the meaning they have in that Act;
(b)“affidavit” includes affirmation and statutory or other declaration;
(c)an affidavit shall be treated as admissible if it is duly emitted before a notary public or any other competent authority. ” .
1907 c. 51; First Schedule substituted by S.I. 1983/747
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