{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-20.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-20.1.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/20.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "20.1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“devolution issue” means a devolution issue under—\n(a)Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998;\n(b)Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998;\n(c)Schedule 9 to the Government of Wales Act 2006;\nand any reference to Schedule 6, Schedule 10 or Schedule 9 is a reference to that Schedule in that Act;\n“relevant authority” means—\n(a)the Advocate General;\n(b)in the case of a devolution issue under Schedule 6, the Lord Advocate;\n(c)in the case of a devolution issue under Schedule 10, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, and the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly;\n(d)in the case of a devolution issue under Schedule 9, the Counsel General to the Welsh Government.",
  "extent": "S",
  "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": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 20.1 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/356/rule/20.1",
    "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."
}