{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-11/rule-11.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-11/rule-11.7.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/part/1/chapter/11/rule/11.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "11.7",
  "heading": "Retention and disposal of parts of process by sheriff clerk",
  "text": "(1) Where any cause has been finally determined and the period for making an appeal has expired without an appeal having been made, the sheriff clerk shall—\n(a) retain—\n(i) the initial writ;\n(ii) any closed record;\n(iii) the interlocutor sheets;\n(iv) any joint minute;\n(v) any offer and acceptance of tender;\n(vi) any report from a person of skill;\n(vii) any affidavit; and\n(viii) any extended shorthand notes of the proof; and\n(b) dispose of all other parts of process (except productions) in such a manner as seems appropriate.\n(2) Where an appeal has been made on the final determination of the cause, the sheriff clerk shall exercise his duties mentioned in paragraph (1) after the final disposal of the appeal and any subsequent procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 rule 11.7(1) substituted (1.1.2016) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Sheriff Appeal Court) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/419), paras. 1(2), 5(3)(a)(i) (with para. 20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 rule 11.7(1) substituted (1.1.2016) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Sheriff Appeal Court) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/419), paras. 1(2), 5(3)(a)(ii) (with para. 20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 rule 11.7(2) substituted (1.1.2016) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Sheriff Appeal Court) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/419), paras. 1(2), 5(3)(b) (with para. 20)"
    }
  ],
  "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      "type": "repealed",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/part/1/chapter/11/rule/11.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:33:48.281591+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."
}