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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/365",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) 2008",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commercial actions",
  "text": "In Forms O4 and O5 in Appendix 1 of the Ordinary Cause Rules, after the paragraph commencing “IF YOU WISH TO DEFEND THIS ACTION” insert the following paragraph:–\n“IF THE WORDS “COMMERCIAL ACTION” APPEAR AT THE HEAD OF THIS INITIAL WRIT then you should note that this action is a commercial action governed by Chapter 40 of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993. You should also note in particular that if you lodge a notice of intention to defend you must then lodge defences within 7 days of the expiry of the period of notice. You will receive no further notification of this requirement from the court.”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/365/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:47.797526+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."
}