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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-summary-application-rules-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3240",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Summary Application Rules) 1993",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)\nThis Act of Sederunt provides for new rules in the sheriff court in relation to summary applications commencing on or after 1st January 1994.\nA summary application is defined in section 3(p) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907. Section 50 of the Act makes provision for certain procedures to be followed in summary applications. This Act of Sederunt supplements that provision. It replaces the existing -Ordinary Cause Rules which apply to summary applications by virtue of paragraph 5 of the Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules, Sheriff Court) 1983 as amended by paragraph 36 of the Act of Sederunt (Amendment of the Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause and Summary Cause Rules) 1988, which is revoked by this Act of Sederunt, for causes commencing on or after 1st January.\nThis Act of Sederunt revokes other Acts of Sederunt the provisions of which are un-necessary in consequence of the rules in Schedule 2 to this Act of Sederunt.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3240/note",
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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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