{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-27/rule-27.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-27/rule-27.5.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/27/rule/27.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "27.5",
  "heading": "Cautioners and guarantors",
  "text": "A bond of caution or other security shall be given only by a person who is an “authorised person” within the meaning of section 31 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 27.5 substituted (1.2.2005) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules) Amendment (Caution and Security) 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/20), art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2000 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in rule 27.5 heading substituted (1.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2445, para. 3(31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rule 27.5 applied (with modifications) (1.1.1994) by S.I. 1993/3128, para. 3(2)."
    }
  ],
  "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      "type": "repealed",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/27/rule/27.5",
    "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."
}