Child Support Act 1991

6 (1) The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 32 (vesting of estate and dealings of debtor after sequestration)—

(a) in subsection (3)—

(i) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

“(c) any obligation of his to pay child support maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991,”;

(ii) after “relevant obligations” where second occurring there shall be inserted “referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) above”;

(b) in subsection (5) after “Diligence” there shall be inserted “(which, for the purposes of this section, includes the making of a deduction from earnings order under the Child Support Act 1991)”.

(3) In section 37 (effect of sequestration on diligence), in subsection (5A) for “or a conjoined arrestment order” there is substituted “, a conjoined arrestment order or a deduction from earnings order under the Child Support Act 1991”.

(4) In section 55 (effect of discharge under section 54), in subsection (2)(d)—

(a) after “being” there shall be inserted “(i)”;

(b) at the end there shall be inserted— “or

(ii) child support maintenance within the meaning of the Child Support Act 1991 which was unpaid in respect of any period before the date of sequestration of—

(aa) any person by whom it was due to be paid; or

(bb) any employer by whom it was, or was due to be, deducted under section 31(5) of that Act.”.