{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-1.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-1.5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/313",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016",
  "path": "rule/1.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1.5",
  "heading": "Sequestration process",
  "text": "(1) The sheriff clerk must prepare a sequestration process when an initiating document mentioned in paragraph (2) is lodged.\n(2) The initiating documents are—\n(a) a petition for sequestration;\n(b) a petition for recall of sequestration;\n(c) an application or remit under the 2016 Act;\n(d) an appeal under the 2016 Act.\n(3) Any other document lodged with the sheriff clerk is to be placed in the sequestration process.\n(4) Where a further initiating document relating to a sequestration is lodged—\n(a) paragraph (1) does not apply;\n(b) that document is to be placed in the existing sequestration process.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 1.5 in force at 30.11.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/313/rule/1.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:11.793984+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."
}