{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-14/rule-14.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-14/rule-14.8.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/14/rule/14.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14.8",
  "heading": "Hearing of minutes where no opposition or no answers lodged",
  "text": "(1) Where no notice of opposition is lodged or where no answers have been lodged to the minute within the time allowed, the minute shall be determined by the sheriff in chambers without the attendance of parties, unless the sheriff otherwise directs.\n(2) Where the sheriff requires to hear a party on a minute, the sheriff clerk shall–\n(a) fix a date, time and place for the party to be heard; and\n(b) inform that party–\n(i) of that date, time and place; and\n(ii) of the reasons for the sheriff wishing to hear him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules 14.4-14.13 inserted (1.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2445, para. 3(21)"
    }
  ],
  "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      "type": "repealed",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/14/rule/14.8",
    "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."
}