{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-claims-scotland-amendment-order-2007/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-claims-scotland-amendment-order-2007/note.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2007/9780110784298",
  "legislation_title": "The Small Claims (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-claims-scotland-amendment-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Small Claims (Scotland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1999) (“the 1988 Order”). Under the 1988 Order, small claims cannot exceed £750 in amount (exclusive of interest and expenses). The Order raises the limit of £750 to £3000. Actions for personal injury are excluded from the category of actions which must be brought as a small claim. The Order also amends the amount of expenses which the sheriff may award in a small claim where the value of the claim exceeds £200. The sheriff may now, where the value of the claim is £1500 or less, award expenses up to £150. Where the value of the claim is greater than £1500, the sheriff may award expenses up to 10% of the value of the claim (article 2).\nThe Order does not affect any small claim which was commenced prior to 14th January 2008 (article 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2007/9780110784298/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:38:59.579027+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."
}