{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-2013/rule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-2013/rule-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/139",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-2013",
  "path": "rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "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) 2013 and comes into force on 3rd June 2013.\n(2) A certified copy of this Act of Sederunt is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.\n(3) In this Act of Sederunt—\n“Adoption Rules” means the Sheriff Court Adoption Rules 2009;\n“Ordinary Cause Rules” means the Ordinary Cause Rules in Schedule 1 to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Sheriff Court Adoption Rules 2009 are contained in the Schedule to S.S.I. 2009/284 , last amended by S.S.I. 2012/271."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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; 2011/193, 289 and 386; 2012/188, 221 and 271; and 2013/135."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/139/rule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:39:52.542291+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."
}