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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-ordinary-cause-rules-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1956",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules) 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-ordinary-cause-rules-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND\nMade 29th July 1993\nComing into force 1st January 1994\nThe Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 13 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Extracts Act 1892, section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971, section 1(3) of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972, paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973, section 66(7) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, section 11 of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976, section 15 of the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977, section 59(1) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, sections 97 and 102 of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved, with modifications, draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of the said Act of 1971, do hereby enact and declare:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1892 c. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 58; section 32 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), Schedule 2, paragraph 12 and the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 59."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1973 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1975 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1976 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1977 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1978 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1987 c. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
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