{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-22.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-22.1.json",
  "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/22.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "22.1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“the 2024 Act” means the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024;\n“compatibility question” has the meaning given by section 31(1) of the 2024 Act;\n“devolution issue” means a devolution issue under—\n(a)Schedule 6 of the Scotland Act 1998;\n(b)Schedule 10 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;\n(c)Schedule 9 of 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)in respect of a compatibility question, the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland, the Lord Advocate and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights;\n(b)in any other case, the Advocate General for Scotland and—\n(i)in the case of a devolution issue within the meaning of Schedule 6, the Lord Advocate;\n(ii)in the case of a devolution issue within the meaning of Schedule 10, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, and the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly;\n(iii)in the case of a devolution issue within the meaning of Schedule 9, the Counsel General to the Welsh Government.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 22 substituted (16.7.2024) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Sheriff Appeal Court Rules 2021 Amendment) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024) 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/195), paras. 1(2), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/468/rule/22.1",
    "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."
}