{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1971-privative-jurisdiction-and-summary-cause-order-2007/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1971-privative-jurisdiction-and-summary-cause-order-2007/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/507",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (Privative Jurisdiction and Summary Cause) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1971-privative-jurisdiction-and-summary-cause-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order raises the limit of the privative (or exclusive) jurisdiction of the sheriff court and the limit of the summary cause from £1500 to £5000. The new limits do not apply to proceedings commenced before the Order comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/507/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:10:20.849168+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."
}