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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-equality-act-2010-2010/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/340",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Equality Act 2010) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-equality-act-2010-2010",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Equality Act 2010) 2010.\n(2) This Act of Sederunt comes into force on 1st October 2010.\n(3) A certified copy of this Act of Sederunt is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.\n(4) In this Act of Sederunt—\n“Ordinary Cause Rules” means the Ordinary Cause Rules in Schedule 1 to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907;\n“Small Claim Rules” means the Small Claim Rules in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Small Claim Rules) 2002;\n“Summary Application Rules” means the Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999;\n“Summary Cause Rules” means the Summary Cause Rules in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Summary Cause Rules) 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1907 c.51. Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 1993/1956 and amended by S.I. 1996/2167 and 2445; S.S.I. 2000/239 and 408; 2001/8 and 144; 2002/7, 128 and 560; 2003/25, 26 and 601; 2004/197 and 350; 2005/20, 189, 638 and 648; 2006/198, 207, 293, 410 and 509; 2007/6, 339, 440 and 463; 2008/121, 223 and 365; 2009/107, 164, 284, 285, 294 and 402; 2010/120, 279 and 324."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2002/133, amended by S.S.I. 2003/26 and 601; 2004/197; 2005/648; 2006/509; 2007/6, 339, 440 and 463; 2008/121, 223 and 365; 2009/107, 164, 294 and 402; and 2010/279."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/929, amended by S.S.I. 2000/148 and 387; 2001/142; 2002/7, 129, 130, 146 and 563; 2003/26, 27, 98, 261, 319, 346 and 556; 2004/197, 222, 334 and 455; 2005/61, 445, 473, 504 and 648; 2006/198, 410, 437 and 509; 2007/6, 233, 339, 440 and 463; 2008/9, 41, 111, 223, 335, 365 and 375; 2009/107, 109, 164, 294, 320 and 402; and 2010/324."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2002/132, amended by S.S.I. 2002/516; 2003/26 and 601; 2004/197; 2005/648; 2006/509; 2007/6, 339, 440 and 463; 2008/121, 223 and 365; 2009/107, 164, 294 and 402; and 2010/279."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/340/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:51.576592+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."
}