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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-support-rules-amendment-2001/note",
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  "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",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)\nThis Act of Sederunt amends the Act of Sederunt (Child Support Rules) 1993) as follows:\n(a) the correction of the reference in rules 2(1) and 5(1) to “Form A” of the Ordinary Cause Rules of the Sheriff Court by the deletion of that reference in rule 2(1) and the substitution of that reference in rule 5(1) with a reference to “Form A1”;\n(b) the insertion of new rules relating to certain provisions of the Child Support Act 1991(“the Act of 1991”) (as inserted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000) to penalise the non-payment of child support, namely–\n(i) new rule 5A to provide for applications under section 39A(1) of the Act of 1991 to be made by summary application;\n(ii) new rule 5B to provide for the sheriff to issue warrants for the arrest of a liable person in certain circumstances under the Act of 1991, and for the form of such warrants;\n(iii) new rule 5C to provide for evidence of means in any applications under rule 5A;\n(iv) new rule 5D providing the form of a warrant for the commitment of a liable person to prison under the Act of 1991;\n(v) new rule 5E providing for the form of disqualification from driving orders under the Act of 1991; and\n(vi) new rule 5F providing for further applications under the Act of 1991 to be made of new by summary application; and\n(c) the insertion of new forms set out in the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt–\n(i) Form 7, the form of citation for summary application for commitment to prison or disqualification from driving;\n(ii) Form 7A, the form of Notice to accompany Form 8, to be served on a respondent to assist the court to inquire into the respondent’s financial position;\n(iii) Form 8, the form of warrant to arrest;\n(iv) Form 9, the form of warrant of commitment to prison; and\n(v) Form 10, the form of disqualification from holding or obtaining a driving licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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