{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-9/rule-9.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-9/rule-9.1.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/9/rule/9.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "9.1",
  "heading": "Notice of intention to defend",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rule 35.8 (lodging of notice of appearance in action of multiplepoinding), where the defender intends to—\n(a) challenge the jurisdiction of the court,\n(b) state a defence, or\n(c) make a counterclaim,\nhe shall, before the expiry of the period of notice, lodge with the sheriff clerk a notice of intention to defend in Form O7 and,at the same time, send a copy to the pursuer.\n(2) The lodging of a notice of intention to defend shall not imply acceptance of the jurisdiction of the court.\n(3) This Chapter shall not apply to a commercial action within the meaning of Chapter 40 or a family or civil partnership action within the meaning of Chapters 33 and 33A.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 rule 9.1(1) substituted (25.9.2023) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Case Management of Defended Family and Civil Partnership Actions) 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/289), paras. 1(2), 2(3)(a) (with para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 9.1(1) inserted (1.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2167, para. 2, Sch. para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 9.1(3) inserted (1.3.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/8, para. 2(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 9.1(3) inserted (25.9.2023) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Case Management of Defended Family and Civil Partnership Actions) 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/289), paras. 1(2), 2(3)(b) (with para. 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      "type": "repealed",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/part/1/chapter/9/rule/9.1",
    "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."
}