This Act of Sederunt creates a generic procedure for use by the existing public authorities that hold a specific statutory power under an enactment that would allow them to intervene in civil court proceedings as of right.

The previous policy approach had provided a separate chapter of rules for each specific public authority. To provide similar rules across each court those multiple chapters will be withdrawn and replaced by one generic procedure.  That change will future proof these rules as that one new procedure will be available for use by each of the existing public authorities, along with any additional public authority granted such statutory powers in future by either the Scottish Parliament or the Westminster Parliament.

This Act of Sederunt was made by the court on 21 November 2024 and it comes into force on 1 January 2025.

Notes
1. This Act of Sederunt can be viewed online at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2024/353