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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-2/chapter-38/rule-38.1",
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  "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/2/chapter/38/rule/38.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "38.1",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“appeal” includes an application for leave to appeal;\n“the European Court” means the Court of Justice of the European Union;\n“reference” means a reference to the European Court for—\n(a)a preliminary ruling under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 150 of the Euratom Treaty, or Article 41 of the E.C.S.C. Treaty; or\n(b)a ruling on the interpretation of the Conventions, as defined in section 1(1) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, under Article 3 of Schedule 2 to that Act.\n(2) The expressions ... “Euratom Treaty” and “E.C.S.C. Treaty” have the meanings assigned respectively in Schedule 1 to the European Communities Act 1972.\n(3) In paragraph (1), “the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union” means the treaty referred to in section 1(2)(s) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 38.1(1) substituted (1.11.2012) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/271), paras. 1(1), 6(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 38.1(2) omitted (1.11.2012) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/271), paras. 1(1), 6(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 38.1(3) inserted (1.11.2012) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/271), paras. 1(1), 6(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1982 c.27; section 1(1) was amended by section 2 of, and Schedule 2 by section 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c.12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
    }
  ],
  "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/2/chapter/38/rule/38.1",
    "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."
}