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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988/schedule/paragraph-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988/schedule/paragraph-38.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1976",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Small Claim Rules) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/38",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Service",
  "text": "(1) Where service of the copy summons has been effected other than by the sheriff clerk, the pursuer shall return the summons together with a certificate of service in form 6 to the sheriff clerk at least 24 hours before the date of the preliminary hearing.\n(2) Where paragraph (1) of this rule is not complied with, the sheriff may dismiss the small claim.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1976/schedule/paragraph/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:02.205881+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."
}