{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-support-rules-amendment-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-support-rules-amendment-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2001/143",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Child Support Rules) Amendment 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-support-rules-amendment-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT\nMade 30th March 2001\nComing into force 2nd April 2001\nThe Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred by section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 and section 40A(8) of the Child Support Act 1991 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971, do hereby enact and declare:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 58; section 32 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), Schedule 2, paragraph 12, the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(4), the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2), and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4), Schedule 5, paragraph 13, and was extended by sections 39(2) and 49 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1991 c. 48; section 40A was inserted by section 17(2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) (“the Act of 2000”)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/143/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:47:02.917012+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."
}