{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-1.3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2021/468",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021",
  "path": "rule/1.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1.3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act of Sederunt—\n“the 2014 Act” means the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014;\n“advocate” means a practising member of the Faculty of Advocates;\n“Chapter 7 procedure” has the meaning given by rule 7.1;\n“Chapter 8 procedure” has the meaning given by rule 8.1;\n“the Clerk” means the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court;\n“the Court” means the Sheriff Appeal Court;\n“grounds of appeal” is to be construed in accordance with rule 6.2(2)(b);\n“party litigant” has the meaning given by rule 4.1;\n“procedural Appeal Sheriff” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(1) of schedule 1;\n“procedural hearing” means a hearing under rule 7.9 or rule 29.13;\n“sheriff court process” means—\n(a)the sheriff court process for the cause that is appealed to the Court; or\n(b)where the cause is recorded in an official book of the sheriff court, a copy of the record in that book certified by the sheriff clerk;\n“sheriff’s note” means a note setting out the reasons for the decision appealed against;\n“solicitor” means a person qualified to practise as a solicitor under section 4 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“timetable” means a timetable in—\n(a)Form 7.2 issued under—\n(i)rule 6.12(5)(a);\n(ii)rule 7.2(1); or\n(iii)rule 7.3(4)(b); or\n(b)Form 29.5 issued under—\n(i)rule 29.5(1);\n(ii)rule 29.6(6)(a); or\n(iii)rule 29.6(7)(b).\n(2) In relation to an application under section 69(1) or 71(2) of the 2014 Act—\n“appeal” includes that application;\n“appellant” includes the applicant;\n“note of appeal” includes an application in Form 29.2 or Form 29.14.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Para. 1.3 in force at 6.1.2022, see para. 1.1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c.46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/468/rule/1.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:52:26.871573+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."
}