{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-judicial-factors-rules-1992/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-judicial-factors-rules-1992/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/272",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Judicial Factors Rules) 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-judicial-factors-rules-1992",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Procedure in fixing caution",
  "text": "(1) The Accountant shall forthwith, on receiving intimation of an application for the appointment of a factor, fix the caution to be found in the event of appointment being made and shall notify the amount to the sheriff clerk and the applicant.\n(2) During the subsistence of a judicial factory, the Accountant may, at any time—\n(a) require the factor to increase the amount of or find new or additional caution; or\n(b) authorise the factor to decrease the amount of existing caution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/272/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:29:32.147964+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."
}