SHERIFF COURT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claims Rules) Amendment (Council Regulation (EC) No. 1348 of 2000 Extension to Denmark) 2007 and shall come into force on 9th October 2007. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Amendment of the Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules 2 1 The Ordinary Cause Rules in Schedule 1 to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph. 2 For rule 5.5(8) (service on persons furth of Scotland) there shall be substituted the following:– 8 In this rule “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters as amended from time to time and as applied by the Agreement of 19 October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters ; . Amendment of the Summary Application Rules 3 1 The Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph. 2 For rule 2.12(8) (service on persons furth of Scotland) there shall be substituted the following:– 8 In this rule “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters as amended from time to time and as applied by the Agreement of 19 October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters; . Amendment of the Summary Cause Rules 4 1 The Summary Cause Rules in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Summary Cause Rules) 2002 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph. 2 For rule 5.7(14) (service on persons outwith Scotland) there shall be substituted the following:– 14 In this rule “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters as amended from time to time and as applied by the Agreement of 19 October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters; . Amendment of the Small Claim Rules 5 1 The Small Claim Rules in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Small Claim Rules) 2002 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph. 2 For rule 6.5(15) (service on persons outwith Scotland) there shall be substituted the following:– 15 In this rule “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters as amended from time to time and as applied by the Agreement of 19 October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters; . A C HAMILTON Lord President I.P.D. Edinburgh 25th September 2007