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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1988/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2097",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Bonds of caution",
  "text": "An officer of court shall be covered by a bond of caution in form 4 to the value of £50,000 from a company on the list of guarantee companies approved by the Lord President under rule 200(e)(iv) of the Rules of the Court of Session in respect of any commission held by him as—\n(a) a sheriff officer; and\n(b) where applicable, a messenger-at-arms, and the bond of caution shall be renewed annually.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2097/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:53:48.933597+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."
}