{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-amendment-of-ordinary-cause-summary-cause-and-small-claim-rules-1992/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-amendment-of-ordinary-cause-summary-cause-and-small-claim-rules-1992/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/249",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Amendment of Ordinary Cause, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-amendment-of-ordinary-cause-summary-cause-and-small-claim-rules-1992",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Amendment of Ordinary Cause, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) 1992 and shall come into force on 4th May 1992.\n(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.\n(3) In this Act of Sederunt—\n“Ordinary Cause Rules” means the First Schedule to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 and a rule referred to by number in paragraph 2 of this Act of Sederunt means the rule so numbered in the Ordinary Cause Rules;\n“Summary Cause Rules” means the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Summary Cause Rules, Sheriff Court) 1976 and a rule referred to by number in paragraph 3 of this Act of Sederunt means the rule so numbered in the Summary Cause Rules; and\n“Small Claim Rules” means the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Small Claim Rules) 1988 and a rule referred to by number in paragraph 4 of this Act of Sederunt means the rule so numbered in the Small Claim Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1907 c. 51; the First Schedule was substituted by S.I. 1983/747; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/255, 1986/1230 and 1988/1978."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/476."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1976."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/249/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}