{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-74",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-74.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2014/18",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/74",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "74",
  "heading": "Proceedings for aliment of small amounts under simple procedure",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies to a claim for aliment only (whether or not expenses are also sought) under section 2 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (actions for aliment).\n(2) The claim may be brought subject to simple procedure if the aliment claimed does not exceed—\n(a) in respect of a child under the age of 18 years, the sum of £100 per week, and\n(b) in any other case, the sum of £200 per week.\n(3) A provision such as is mentioned in subsection (4) does not apply in relation to a claim brought subject to simple procedure under subsection (2).\n(4) The provision referred to in subsection (3) is provision in any enactment—\n(a) limiting the jurisdiction of a sheriff in a simple procedure case by reference to any amount, or\n(b) limiting the period for which a decree granted by a sheriff is to have effect.\n(5) The Scottish Ministers may by order substitute for any sum for the time being mentioned in subsection (2) a different sum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/18/section/74",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:59.973943+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."
}