{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/paragraph-12.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/paragraph-12.4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/7/51",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12.4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12.4",
  "heading": "Reserved judgments",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where a sheriff reserves judgment in accordance with rule 12.2(4)(b).\n(2) The sheriff must give to the sheriff clerk—\n(a) an interlocutor giving effect to the sheriff’s decision and incorporating findings in fact and law; and\n(b) a note in Form O7ZA (form of judgment) stating briefly the grounds of his or her decision, including the reasons for his or her decision on any questions of fact or law or of admissibility of evidence.\n(3) The date of the interlocutor is the date on which it is received by the sheriff clerk.\n(4) The sheriff clerk must forthwith send a copy of the documents mentioned in paragraph (2) to each party.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rules 12.2-12.4 substituted for Sch. 1 rule 12.2 (1.8.2012) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/188), paras. 1(1), 2(2) (with para. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 12.4(2)(b) inserted (30.9.2026) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Judgments) 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/246), paras. 1(2), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2014/18",
      "affecting_title": "Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/1/paragraph/12.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:34:13.908359+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."
}