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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-First/paragraph-48.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-First/paragraph-48.5.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/First/paragraph/48.5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "48.5",
  "heading": "Applications for variation or revocation",
  "text": "(1) A person aggrieved by an order may apply to the sheriff for its variation or revocation.\n(2) An application shall be made by letter addressed to the sheriff clerk.\n(3) On an application being made—\n(a) the sheriff shall appoint the application for a hearing;\n(b) the sheriff clerk shall—\n(i) notify the date and time of the hearing to the parties to the proceedings and the applicant;\n(ii) send a copy of the application to the parties to the proceedings.\n(4) The hearing shall, so far as reasonably practicable, be before the sheriff who made the order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Ch. 48 substituted (1.4.2015) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment No. 3) (Reporting Restrictions) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/85), paras. 1(2), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/First/paragraph/48.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:51.257811+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."
}