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uk:target="true"><heading>Citation, commencement and interpretation</heading><num>1.</num><paragraph eId="article-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2012 and subject to paragraph 15, comes into force on 1st August 2012.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A certified copy of this Act of Sederunt is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In this Act of Sederunt the “<abbr title="the Ordinary Cause Rules in Schedule 1 to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 c. 51">Ordinary Cause Rules</abbr>” means the Ordinary Cause Rules in Schedule 1 to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00005" marker="5"><p><ref eId="c00019" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1907/51">1907 c.51</ref>. 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