{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-24.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2015/rule-24.1.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/24.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "24.1",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter applies where proof or additional proof is ordered to be taken under rule 23.1(1).\n(2) In this Chapter—\n“2004 Act” means the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004;\n“child witness notice” has the meaning given by section 12(2) of the 2004 Act;\n“review application” means an application under section 13(1)(a) of the 2004 Act;\n“vulnerable witness application” has the meaning given by section 12(6) of the 2004 Act.",
  "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 24.1 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 asp 3, amended by the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1), section 176 and Schedule 6, paragraph 1; and the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 1), section 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/356/rule/24.1",
    "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."
}