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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-claims-scotland-order-1988/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1999",
  "legislation_title": "The Small Claims (Scotland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-claims-scotland-order-1988",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Limit on award of expenses in small claims",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the provisions of section 36B(3) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971.\n(2) No award of expenses shall be made in a small claim as specified in article 2 of this Order in which the value of the claim does not exceed £200.\n(3) In the case of any small claim other than a small claim to which paragraph (2) applies, the sheriff may award expenses not exceeding £75.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (saving) (14.1.2008)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/496",
      "affecting_title": "The Small Claims (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1999/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:49.569172+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."
}