{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-amendment-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/97",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriff Court Fees Amendment Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-amendment-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Sheriff Court Fees Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”).\nArticle 2 amends the 1997 Order so that:–\n(a) the fees that would otherwise be payable under the 1997 Order are not due from a debtor or creditor in proceedings under the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”);\n(b) a fee for inspecting a report of auction and auditor of court’s report following an attachment and auction under the 2002 Act is substituted for the fee for inspecting a report of sale and auditor of court’s report following a poinding and sale under the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (“the 1987 Act”).\nArticle 3 makes a saving which permits the charging of the fee for inspecting a report of sale and auditor of court’s report during the transitional period, provided for by the 2002 Act, during which sales under the 1987 Act are still competent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/97/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:37:57.142548+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."
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