{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-19A.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-19A.1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/356",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/19A.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "19A.1",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter applies in civil proceedings, where either or both—\n(a) an application for an award of expenses is made to the Court;\n(b) such an award is made by the Court.\n(2) Where this Chapter applies—\n(a) rules 9.1(4) and (5) (application to abandon appeal);\n(b) any common law rule entitling a pursuer to abandon an appeal, to the extent that it concerns expenses,\nare disapplied.\n(3) In this Chapter—\n“the Act” means the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018;\n“the applicant” has the meaning given in rule 19A.2(1), and “applicants” is construed accordingly;\n“civil proceedings” means civil proceedings to which section 8 of the Act (restriction on pursuer’s liability for expenses in personal injury claims) applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules revoked (with saving in rule 34.3) (6.1.2022) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/468), rules 1.1(2), 34.1 (with rules 1.2, 34.3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ch. 19A inserted (30.6.2021) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting) 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/226), paras. 1(2), 4(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/356/rule/19A.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:22.115070+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."
}