{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-26.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-26.1.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/26.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "26.1",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter applies where a proof or an additional proof is ordered to be taken under rule 25.1(1).\n(2) In this Chapter—\n“the 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 (orders authorising the use of special measures for vulnerable witnesses);\n“review application” means an application under section 13(1)(a) of the 2004 Act (review of arrangements for vulnerable witnesses);\n“vulnerable witness application” has the meaning given by section 12(6) of the 2004 Act (orders authorising the use of special measures for vulnerable witnesses).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Para. 26.1 in force at 6.1.2022, see para. 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; the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 1), section 22 and is prospectively amended by the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 16), sections 4 and 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/468/rule/26.1",
    "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."
}