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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-2011/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/289",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-2011",
  "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) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) 2011 and, subject to subparagraph (2), comes into force on 20th July 2011.\n(2) Paragraphs 2 and 3 come into force on 7th July 2011.\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“Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules” means the Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 2008;\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, 324, 340 and 416; and 2011/193."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2008/119, amended by S.S.I. 2011/193."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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; 2010/279, 340 and 416; and 2011/193."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/289/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:48:33.012772+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."
}