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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-14.1",
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  "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/14.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14.1",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter applies where the evidence of a witness is to be taken in proceedings.\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 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": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 14.1 in force at 30.11.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 asp 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/313/rule/14.1",
    "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."
}