(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt amends the Ordinary Cause Rules to make provision for two forms of action newly available in the sheriff court under section 38 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014: proving the tenor and reduction.
It inserts new Chapter 53, which is in similar terms to Chapter 52 of the Rules of the Court of Session (“actions of proving the tenor”) and new Chapter 54, which is in similar terms to Chapter 53 of the Rules of the Court of Session (“actions of reduction”).