Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Act 2015
2015 asp 3
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to extinguish various liabilities arising by virtue of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987.
1Debt extinguished
1
On 1 February 2015, all—
a
community charge liabilities, and
b
associated liabilities,
are extinguished.
2
Accordingly, on that day—
a
summary warrants, and
b
decrees,
become unenforceable in so far as they relate to liabilities extinguished by subsection (1).
2Interpretation
1
The following definitions apply for the purposes of section 1.
2
A community charge liability is a liability to pay any—
a
charge imposed under section 7 of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (“the 1987 Act”),
b
charge imposed under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to that Act.
3
An associated liability is a liability to pay any—
a
civil penalty imposed under section 17 of the 1987 Act (including one imposed by virtue of section 18A of that Act),
b
sum by way of interest arising under section 18(3)(a) of that Act,
c
surcharge arising under section 18(3)(b) of that Act,
d
surcharge arising under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act,
e
expense which—
i
was incurred in the course of, or in relation to, the execution of a summary warrant or decree that section 1(2) makes wholly unenforceable, and
ii
an enactment makes chargeable against the person who was the debtor under the summary warrant or decree.
4
For the avoidance of doubt, a reference in subsection (3) to a provision of the 1987 Act includes the provision as it applies by virtue of paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to that Act.
3Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.
4Short title
The short title of this Act is the Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Act 2015.