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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-5/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/18",
  "legislation_title": "Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If—\n(a) an application mentioned in paragraph 32(a) above is frivolous;\n(b) such an application is opposed on frivolous grounds; or\n(c) a party requires a hearing mentioned in paragraph 32(c) above to be held on frivolous grounds,\nthe sheriff may award a sum of expenses, not exceeding £25 or such amount as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Lord Advocate, against the party acting frivolously in favour of the other party.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/5/paragraph/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:44.895234+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."
}