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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-simple-procedure-limits-on-award-of-expenses-order-2016/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/388",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriff Court Simple Procedure (Limits on Award of Expenses) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-simple-procedure-limits-on-award-of-expenses-order-2016",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Categories of simple procedure cases in which expenses awarded may not exceed prescribed sum",
  "text": "In any simple procedure case in which the value of the claim is—\n(a) greater than £300 but less than or equal to £1,500, the expenses awarded by the sheriff may not exceed £150;\n(b) greater than £1,500 but less than or equal to £3,000, the expenses awarded by the sheriff may not exceed 10% of the value of the claim.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in art. 3 substituted (1.4.2019) by The Sheriff Court Simple Procedure (Limits on Award of Expenses) Amendment Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/79), arts. 1, 2(3) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 28.11.2016, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/388/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:21:15.869816+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."
}