{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/50-51/55",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriffs Act 1887",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Definitions.",
  "text": "In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—\nThe expression “county”, in relation to England, means, subject to the provisions of Schedule 2A to this Act, a county for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1972;\n“enforcement officer” means an individual who is authorised to act as an enforcement officer under the Courts Act 2003;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe expression “writ” includes any process.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n...",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 38 inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/1748, reg. 8(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 38: definition of \"enforcement officer\" inserted (15.3.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 63; S.I. 2004/401, art. 2(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definitions of “Treasury” and “county” repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49) and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Definition of “quarter sessions” repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 38 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1)(3), 110, Sch. 8 para. 63, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/55/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:28.653584+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}