{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-4.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-4.3.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/4.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.3",
  "heading": "Representation by authorised person",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where an enactment authorises a person to conduct proceedings in the sheriff court.\n(2) A party is represented by an authorised person if that party is represented by a person who is authorised in accordance with such an enactment.\n(3) An authorised person may do everything for the preparation and conduct of the proceedings that a party litigant may do, unless the enactment provides otherwise.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4.3 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/4.3",
    "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."
}