{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-2.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-2.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/291",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997",
  "path": "rule/2.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;\n...\n...\n“Her Majesty’s Forces” means the regular forces as defined in section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006; and\n“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 2.1 revoked (28.9.2009) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007) 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/284), paras. 1(1), 4(1)(a)(i) (with para. 4(7))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 2.1 substituted (1.10.2009) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/294), paras. 1(1), 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2.1 in force at 1.4.1997, see rule 1.1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/291/rule/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:57.022825+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}