(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt makes various amendments to the rules applicable in the sheriff court relating to the service of documents on persons outwith Scotland. Those amendments are consequential upon the extension of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1348/2000 of 29th May 2000 on service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters to the Kingdom of Denmark by an Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark dated 19th October 2005 and coming into force on 1st July 2007.
In particular, amendments are made to each of the Ordinary Cause Rules, the Summary Application, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules, the Summary Cause Rules and the Small Claim Rules.