{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-1.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-1.2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/103",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Fatal Accident Inquiry Rules) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017",
  "path": "rule/1.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules , unless the context otherwise requires—\n“apply” means apply in accordance with schedule 1, and related expressions are to be construed accordingly;\n“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1206/2001 of 28th May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters, as amended from time to time;\n“the deceased” means the person whose death the inquiry is concerned with;\n“first notice” means notice that an inquiry is to be held under section 15(1);\n“first order” means the order of the sheriff made under rule 3.2(1);\n“the inquiry principles” means the principles in rule 2.2;\n“intimate” means intimate in accordance with schedule 2, and related expressions are to be construed accordingly;\n“participants” includes the procurator fiscal;\n“the purpose of the inquiry” means the purpose set out in section 1(3) and (4);\n“SCTS” means the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service; and\n“witness statement” has the meaning given by rule 4.13(2).\n(2) In these Rules, references to a section are to that section of the Inquires into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 1.2(1) inserted (15.6.2017) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/154), paras. 1(2), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 1.2 in force at 15.6.2017, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/103/rule/1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:19.120442+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."
}