Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court European Order for Payment Procedure Rules) 2008

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

Regulation (EC) No. 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council creates a European order for payment procedure. This Act of Sederunt provides rules in connection with applications for European orders for payment made in the sheriff court. In particular, it provides:

rules on communications by the court under the Regulation (see rule 3);

rules on what must be lodged with the court where service under the Regulation is effected on a representative (see rule 4);

rules on what happens where the European order for payment is opposed and the proceedings require to continue under domestic procedure (see rule 5);

rules on review of a European order for payment (see rule 6);

rules on refusal of enforcement of a European order for payment (see rule 7).