{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-summary-applications-statutory-applications-and-appeals-etc-rules-1999/rule-1.2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/929",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-summary-applications-statutory-applications-and-appeals-etc-rules-1999",
  "path": "rule/1.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act of Sederunt, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the 2004 Act” means the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004;\n“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;\n“Ordinary Cause Rules” means the First Schedule to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907;\n“sheriff clerk” includes sheriff clerk depute; and\n“summary application” has the meaning given by section 3(p) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act of Sederunt to a specified Chapter, Part or rule shall be construed as a reference to the Chapter, Part or rule bearing that number in this Act of Sederunt, and a reference to a specified paragraph, sub-paragraph or head shall be construed as a reference to the paragraph, sub-paragraph or head so numbered or lettered in the provision in which that reference occurs.\n(3) Any reference in this Act of Sederunt to a numbered Form shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the Form so numbered in Schedule 1 to this Act of Sederunt and includes a form substantially to the same effect with such variation as circumstances may require.\n(4) In this Act of Sederunt, references to a solicitor include a reference to a member of a body which has made a successful application under section 25 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 but only to the extent that the member is exercising rights acquired by virtue of section 27 of that Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 1.2(1) inserted (1.11.2007) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004) 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/463), paras. 1(1), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 1.2(1) inserted (26.2.2007) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) Amendment (Miscellaneous) 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/6), paras. 1(2), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 1.2(4) inserted (20.5.2009) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Sections 25 to 29 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990) 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/164), paras. 1(1)(b), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 1.2 in force at 1.7.1999, see rule 1.1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1907 c. 51; the First Schedule was substituted by S.I. 1993/1956."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/929/rule/1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:53:39.377865+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."
}