Paragraph 3A.1 Application and interpretationF1
Scotland
This Chapter applies to an action of damages for, or arising from, personal injuries.
In this Chapter “the Protocol” means the Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol set out in Appendix 4, and references to the “aims of the Protocol”, “requirements of the Protocol” and “stages of the Protocol” are to be construed accordingly.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Sch. 1 Ch. 3A inserted (28.11.2016) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol) 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/215), paras. 1(2), 2(2) (with para. 4)
Notes on Schedule First
Textual amendments
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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
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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
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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))
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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