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Chapter 40 COMMERCIAL ACTIONSF1

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  1. 40.1Application and interpretation of this Chapter
  2. 40.2Proceedings before a nominated sheriff
  3. 40.3Procedure in commercial actions
  4. 40.4Election of procedure for commercial actions
  5. 40.5Transfer of action to be a commercial action
  6. 40.6Appointment of a commercial action as an ordinary cause
  7. 40.7Special requirements for initial writ in a commercial action
  8. 40.8Notice of Intention to Defend
  9. 40.9Defences
  10. 40.10Fixing date for Case Management Conference
  11. 40.11Applications for summary decree in a commercial action
  12. 40.12Case Management Conference
  13. 40.13Lodging of productions
  14. 40.14Hearing for further procedure
  15. 40.15Failure to comply with rule or order of sheriff
  16. 40.16Determination of action
  17. 40.17Parts of Process

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 Ch. 40 inserted (1.3.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/8, para. 2(5)

Notes on Schedule First

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.

Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, para. 3.24, Sch. 3

Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 applied (30.11.2016) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21), ss. 121(5), 237(2) (with ss. 232, 234(3), 235, 236); S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2

C2

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Intimation and Service) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/301), paras. 1(2), (4), 2 (with para. 1(5))

C3

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission of Documents) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/302), paras. 1(2), 2(1), 3-5