{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-caveat-rules-2006/rule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-caveat-rules-2006/rule-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/198",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Caveat Rules) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-caveat-rules-2006",
  "path": "rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Orders against which caveats may be lodged",
  "text": "–\n(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person may lodge a caveat against only—\n(a) an interim interdict sought against the person in an ordinary cause before the person has lodged a notice of intention to defend;\n(b) an interim order sought against the person in an ordinary cause before the expiry of the period within which the person could lodge a notice of intention to defend;\n(c) an interim order sought against the person in a summary application before service of the initial writ;\n(d) an order for intimation, service and advertisement of a petition to wind up, or appoint an administrator to, a company in which he has an interest;\n(e) an order for intimation, service and advertisement of a petition for his sequestration; and\n(f) the disposal of a commissary application.\n(2) In this rule—\n(a) “interim order” does not include an order under section 1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972 (orders for inspection of documents and other property etc.); and\n(b) “commissary application” means an application for—\n(i) confirmation;\n(ii) appointment of an executor; or\n(iii) restriction of caution in respect of an executor.\n(3) A person may lodge a caveat against an order mentioned in paragraph (1)(d) only where the person is a company, debenture holder, holder of a floating charge, receiver, shareholder of the company or other person claiming an interest.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 59."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/198/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:11.096969+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."
}