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Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part 1 Bankruptcy

    1. Duration of bankruptcy

      1. 1.Discharge of debtor

    2. Bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings

      1. 2.Bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings

    3. Effect of bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings

      1. 3.Disqualification from being appointed as receiver

      2. 4.Disqualification for nomination, election and holding office as member of local authority

      3. 5.Orders relating to disqualification

    4. The trustee in the sequestration

      1. 6.Amalgamation of offices of interim trustee and permanent trustee

      2. 7.Repeal of trustee's residence requirement

      3. 8.Duties of trustee

      4. 9.Grounds for resignation or removal of trustee

      5. 10.Termination of interim trustee's functions

      6. 11.Statutory meeting and election of trustee

      7. 12. Replacement of trustee acting in more than one sequestration

      8. 13.Requirement to hold money in interest bearing account

    5. Debtor applications

      1. 14.Debtor applications

      2. 15.Debtor applications by low income, low asset debtors

    6. Jurisdiction

      1. 16.Sequestration proceedings to be competent only before sheriff

    7. Vesting of estate and dealings of debtor

      1. 17.Vesting of estate and dealings of debtor

    8. Income received by debtor after sequestration

      1. 18.Income received by debtor after sequestration

    9. Debtor's home and other heritable property

      1. 19.Debtor's home and other heritable property

    10. Protected trust deeds

      1. 20.Modification of provisions relating to protected trust deeds

    11. ...

      1. 21.Modification of composition procedure

    12. Status and powers of Accountant in Bankruptcy

      1. 22.Status of Accountant in Bankruptcy as officer of the court

      2. 23.Accountant in Bankruptcy's power to investigate trustees under protected trust deeds

    13. Offences

      1. 24.Modification of offences under section 67 of the 1985 Act

    14. Miscellaneous and general

      1. 25.Debt limits in sequestrations

      2. 26.Creditor to provide debt advice and information package

      3. 27.Continuation of sequestration proceedings

      4. 28.Abolition of summary administration

      5. 29.Non-vested contingent interest reinvested in debtor

      6. 30.Debtor's requirement to give account of state of affairs

      7. 31.Restriction of debtor's right to appeal under sections 49(6) and 53(6) of the 1985 Act

      8. 32.Status of order on petition to convert protected trust deed into sequestration

      9. 33.Power to provide for lay representation in sequestration proceedings

      10. 34.Treatment of student loans on sequestration

      11. 35.Certain regulations under the 1985 Act: procedure

      12. 36.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

  3. Part 2 Floating charges

    1. Registration and creation etc.

      1. 37.Register of Floating Charges

      2. 38.Creation of floating charges

      3. 39.Advance notice of floating charges

      4. 40.Ranking of floating charges

      5. 41.Ranking clauses

      6. 42.Assignation of floating charges

      7. 43.Alteration of floating charges

      8. 44.Discharge of floating charges

      9. 45.Effect of floating charges on winding up

      10. 46.Repeals, savings and transitional arrangements

      11. 47.Interpretation

    2. Related further provision

      1. 48.Formalities as to documents

      2. 49.Industrial and provident societies

  4. Part 3 Officers of court

    1. Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      1. 50.Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

    2. Advisory Council on Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers

      1. 51.Advisory Council's annual report

      2. 52.Publication of guidance and other information

      3. 53.Published information not to enable identification

      4. 54.Register of judicial officers

      5. 55.Code of practice

      6. 56.Publication of information relating to informal debt collection

    3. Judicial officers

      1. 57.Judicial officers

      2. 58.Appointment of judicial officer

      3. 59.Annual fee

    4. Abolition of offices of messenger-at-arms and sheriff officer

      1. 60.Abolition of offices of messenger-at-arms and sheriff officer

    5. Regulation of officers of court

      1. 61.Regulation of officers of court

      2. 62.Duty to notify Lord President and sheriff principal of bankruptcy etc.

    6. Officers of court's professional association

      1. 63.Officers of court's professional association

      2. 63A.Code of practice

      3. 64.Duty of professional association to forward complaints ...

      4. 65.Information from professional association

    7. Annual fee for officers of court

      1. 65A.Annual fee

    8. Investigation of officers of court

      1. 66.Inspection of officer of court

      2. 67.Investigation of alleged misconduct by judicial officer

      3. 68.Suspension of judicial officer pending outcome of disciplinary or criminal proceedings

      4. 69.Commission's duty in relation to offences or misconduct by judicial officer

      5. 70.Commission's power in relation to judicial officer's bankruptcy etc.

    9. Disciplinary proceedings

      1. 71.Referrals to the disciplinary committee

      2. 72.Disciplinary committee's powers

      3. 73.Orders under sections 68 and 72: supplementary provision

    10. Appeals

      1. 74.Appeals from decisions under sections 58, 68 and 72

    11. Miscellaneous

      1. 75.Officer of court's actions void where officer has interest

      2. 76.Measure of damages payable by judicial officer for negligence or other fault

      3. 77.Effect of code of practice

      4. 78.Electronic publications and communications

  5. Part 4 Land attachment and residual attachment

    1. Chapter 1 Abolition of adjudication for debt

      1. 79.Abolition of adjudication for debt

      2. 80.Renaming of the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications

    2. Chapter 2 Attachment of land

      1. Land attachment

        1. 81.Land attachment

        2. 82.Attachable land

        3. 83.Notice of land attachment

      2. Consequences of land attachment

        1. 84.Debts secured by land attachment not rendered heritable

        2. 85.Restriction on priority of ranking of certain securities

        3. 86.Lease granted after registration of notice of land attachment

        4. 87.Assignation of title deeds etc.

        5. 88.Acquisition of right to execute land attachment

        6. 89.Effect of debtor's death before land attachment created

        7. 90.Effect of debtor's death after land attachment created

        8. 91.Caveat by purchaser under missives

      3. Preparations for sale of attached land

        1. 92.Application for warrant to sell attached land

        2. 93.Notice to local authority of application for warrant for sale

        3. 94.Preliminary hearing on application for warrant to sell

        4. 95.Valuation report

        5. 96.Creditor's duties prior to full hearing on application for warrant for sale

        6. 97.Full hearing on application for warrant for sale

        7. 98.Application for warrant for sale of sole or main residence

        8. 99.Protection of purchaser under contract where creditor applies for warrant for sale

        9. 100.Protection of purchaser under contract where warrant for sale granted

        10. 101.Provision supplementary to sections 99 and 100

        11. 102.Warrant for sale of attached land owned in common

        12. 103.Intimation of sheriff's decision at full hearing

        13. 104.Supplementary orders as respects sale

        14. 105.Effect of certain refusals of application for warrant for sale under section 97(5)

        15. 106.Termination of debtor's right to occupy land

        16. 107.Consequences of giving notice under section 106(1)

      4. The sale

        1. 108.Appointed person

        2. 109.Method of sale

        3. 110.Legal incapacity or disability of debtor not to affect title of purchaser

        4. 111.Title of purchaser not to be affected by certain irregularities

        5. 112.Effect of registration of disposition on securities

        6. 113.Report of sale

        7. 114.Audit of report of sale

        8. 115.Sheriff's consideration of report

        9. 116.Proceeds of sale

      5. Foreclosure

        1. 117.Foreclosure

        2. 118.Registration of decree of foreclosure

      6. Payments to account and expenses

        1. 119.Ascription

        2. 120.Expenses of land attachment

      7. Termination, discharge etc. of land attachment

        1. 121.Termination by payment etc.

        2. 122.Discharge

        3. 123.Recall and restriction of land attachment

        4. 124.Duration of land attachment

      8. Land attachment subsequent to reduction of deed granted in breach of inhibition

        1. 125.Land attachment subsequent to reduction of deed granted in breach of inhibition

      9. General and miscellaneous

        1. 126.Land attachment as heritable security

        2. 127.Statement on impact of land attachment

        3. 127A.Amendment of Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016

        4. 128.Interpretation

    3. Chapter 3 Residual attachment

      1. Residual attachment

        1. 129.Residual attachment

      2. Application for residual attachment order

        1. 130.Application for residual attachment order

        2. 131.Effect of application for residual attachment order

      3. Residual attachment order

        1. 132.Residual attachment order

        2. 133.Schedule of residual attachment

        3. 134.Creation and effect of residual attachment

      4. Satisfaction order

        1. 135.Application for satisfaction order

        2. 136.Satisfaction order

        3. 137.Intimation of court's decision

        4. 138.Effect of certain refusals of application for satisfaction order

      5. Termination, discharge etc. of residual attachment

        1. 139.Termination by payment etc.

        2. 140.Recall

        3. 141.Duration of residual attachment

        4. 142.Effect of death of debtor

      6. General and miscellaneous

        1. 143.Expenses of residual attachment

        2. 144.Ascription

        3. 145.Interpretation

  6. Part 5 Inhibition

    1. Creation

      1. 146.Certain decrees and documents of debt to authorise inhibition without need for letters of inhibition

      2. 147.Provision of debt advice and information package when executing inhibition

      3. 148.Registration of inhibition

      4. 149.Date on which inhibition takes effect

    2. Effect

      1. 150.Property affected by inhibition

      2. 151.Effect on inhibition to enforce obligation when alternative decree granted

      3. 152.Effect of conversion of limited inhibition on the dependence to inhibition in execution

      4. 153.Property affected by inhibition to enforce obligation to convey heritable property

      5. 154.Inhibition not to confer a preference in ranking

      6. 155.Power of receiver or liquidator in creditors' voluntary winding up to dispose of property affected by inhibition

    3. Termination

      1. 156.Termination of effect of inhibition

      2. 157.Inhibition terminated by payment of full amount owing

      3. 158.Inhibition terminated by compliance with obligation to perform

      4. 159.Termination of inhibition when property acquired by third party

    4. Breach

      1. 160.Breach of inhibition

      2. 161.Prescription of right to reduce transactions in breach of inhibition

      3. 162.Registration of notice of litigiosity and discharge of notice

      4. 163.Reduction of lease granted in breach of inhibition

    5. General and miscellaneous

      1. 164.Power to prescribe forms in the 1868 Act

      2. 165.Expenses of inhibition

      3. 166.Ascription

      4. 167.Keeper's duty to enter inhibition on title sheet

      5. 168.Inhibition effective against judicial factor

  7. Part 6 Diligence on the dependence

    1. 169.Diligence on the dependence

    2. 170.Prescription of arrestment

    3. 171.Abolition of letters of loosing

    4. 172.Abolition of adjudication in security

  8. Part 7 Interim attachment

    1. 173.Interim attachment

  9. Part 8 Attachment of money

    1. Money attachment

      1. 174.Money attachment

      2. 175.Meaning of “money” and related expressions

      3. 176.When money attachment not competent

    2. Execution of money attachment

      1. 177.Removal of money attached

      2. 178.Presumption of ownership

      3. 179.Schedule of money attachment

      4. 180.Valuation of banking instruments

      5. 181.Order for realisation of money likely to deteriorate in value

      6. 182.Report of money attachment

    3. Release of money attached

      1. 183.Creditor's application for payment order

      2. 184.Effect of payment order

      3. 185.Release of money where attachment unduly harsh

      4. 186.Invalidity and cessation of money attachment

      5. 187.Termination of money attachment

      6. 188.Redemption of banking instrument

    4. Statement of money attachment

      1. 189.Final statement of money attachment

      2. 190.Audit of final statement under section 189(1)

    5. General and miscellaneous

      1. 191.Money in common ownership

      2. 192.Procedure where money owned in common is disposed of

      3. 193.Unlawful acts after money attachment

      4. 194.Appeals

      5. 195.Recovery from debtor of expenses of money attachment

      6. 196.Liability for expenses of money attachment

      7. 197.Ascription

      8. 198.Interpretation

  10. Part 9 Diligence against earnings

    1. 199.Simultaneous operation of arrestments against earnings where net earnings insufficient

    2. 200.Arrestment of earnings: deductions from holiday pay

    3. 201.Provision of debt advice and information package

    4. 202.Intimation of arrestment schedule

    5. 203.Provision of information

    6. 204.Conjoined arrestment orders: jurisdiction

    7. 205.Arrestment of seamen's wages

  11. Part 10 Arrestment in execution and action of furthcoming

    1. 206.Arrestment in execution

  12. Part 11 Maills and duties, sequestration for rent and landlord's hypothec

    1. Abolition of maills and duties

      1. 207.Abolition of maills and duties

    2. Landlord's hypothec and sequestration for rent

      1. 208.Abolition of sequestration for rent and restriction of landlord's hypothec

  13. Part 12 Summary warrants, time to pay and charges to pay

    1. 209.Summary warrants, time to pay and charges to pay

    2. 210.Time to pay directions and time to pay orders

  14. Part 13 Amendments of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002

    1. 211.Debt payment programmes with debt relief

    2. 212.Further amendments of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002

  15. Part 14 Admiralty actions and arrestment of ships

    1. 213.Admiralty actions and the arrestment of ships: modification of enactments

  16. Part 15 Actions for removing from heritable property

    1. 214.Expressions used in this Part

    2. 215.Procedure for execution of removing

    3. 216.Service of charge before removing

    4. 217.When removing not competent

    5. 218.Preservation of property left in premises

    6. 219.Caution for pecuniary claims

  17. Part 16 Disclosure of information

    1. 220.Information disclosure

  18. Part 17 General and miscellaneous

    1. 221.Interpretation

    2. Execution of diligence: electronic standard securities

      1. 222.Registration and execution of electronic standard securities

    3. General

      1. 223.Crown application

      2. 224.Orders and regulations

      3. 225.Ancillary provision

      4. 226.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

      5. 227.Short title and commencement

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      1. 1.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      2. 2.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      3. 3.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      4. 4.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      5. 5.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      6. 6.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      7. 7.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      8. 8.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      9. 9.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      10. 10.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      11. 11.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      12. 12.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      13. 13.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      14. 14.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      15. 15.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      16. 16.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      17. 17.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      18. 18.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      19. 19.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      20. 20.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      21. 21.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      22. 22.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      23. 23.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      24. 24.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      25. 25.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      26. 26.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      27. 27.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      28. 28.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      29. 29.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      30. 30.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      31. 31.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      32. 32.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      33. 33.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      34. 34.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      35. 35.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      36. 36.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      37. 37.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      38. 38.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      39. 39.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      40. 40.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      41. 41.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      42. 42.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      43. 43.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      44. 44.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      45. 45.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      46. 46.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      47. 47.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      48. 48.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      49. 49.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      50. 50.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      51. 51.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      52. 52.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      53. 53.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      54. 54.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      55. 55.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      56. 56.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      57. 57.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      58. 58.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      59. 59.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      60. 60.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      61. 61.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

      62. 62.Minor and consequential amendments of the 1985 Act

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      1. Status

        1. 1.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      2. Membership

        1. 2.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        2. 3.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      3. Tenure of office

        1. 4.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        2. 5.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        3. 6.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        4. 7.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        5. 8.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        6. 9.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        7. 10.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        8. 11.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        9. 12.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      4. Filling vacancies

        1. 13.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        2. 14.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      5. Chairperson

        1. 15.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      6. Disciplinary Committee

        1. 16.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      7. Remuneration

        1. 17.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      8. General powers

        1. 18.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        2. 19.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        3. 20.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      9. Quorum

        1. 21.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      10. Structure and procedures

        1. 22.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      11. Chief executive officer and other staff

        1. 23.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        2. 24.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        3. 25.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        4. 26.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        5. 27.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        6. 28.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      12. Location of office

        1. 29.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      13. Financing by the Scottish Ministers

        1. 30.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        2. 31.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        3. 32.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

      14. Accounts and audit

        1. 33.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        2. 34.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

        3. 35.The Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Expenses of money attachment

      1. Expenses chargeable against the debtor

        1. 1.There is to be chargeable against the debtor any expenses...

        2. 2.Expenses chargeable against the debtor by virtue of paragraph 1(e)...

      2. Circumstances where no expenses are due to or by either party

        1. 3.Subject to paragraph 4 below, the debtor shall not be...

        2. 4.If— (a) an application mentioned in paragraph 3(a) above is...

        3. 5.Paragraphs 3 and 4 above do not apply to expenses...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Modifications of enactments relating to admiralty actions and the arrestment of ships

      1. Definition of “maritime lien”

        1. 1.In section 48 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956...

        2. 2.In sections 45(5) and 47(3)(b), (4)(b) and (5) of the...

        3. 3.In section 47(2)(r) of the 1956 Act, for “or hypothecation...

      2. The term “admiralty action”

        1. 4.In section 47 of the 1956 Act—

        2. 5.(1) In paragraph 7 of schedule 5 to the Civil...

      3. Arrestment in rem granted by the sheriff

        1. 6.After section 47 of the 1956 Act, insert— Execution of...

      4. Arrestment on the dependence

        1. 7.(1) Section 47 of the 1956 Act is amended as...

      5. Liability for losses and expenses

        1. 8.After section 47A of the 1956 Act (as inserted by...

      6. Factors affecting arrestments

        1. 9.After section 47B of the 1956 Act (as inserted by...

      7. Cargo on board a ship exempt from attachment

        1. 10.In section 11 of the 2002 Act (articles exempt from...

      8. Location of a ship when arrestment executed

        1. 11.In section 47 of the 1956 Act—

      9. Demise charters

        1. 12.After section 47D of the 1956 Act (as inserted by...

        2. 13.In section 6(c) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Minor and consequential amendments

      1. The Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (c. 17)

        1. 1.In section 114 of the Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act...

      2. The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (c. 27)

        1. 2.In section 46 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses...

      3. The Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868 (c. 101)

        1. 3.In section 3 of the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland)...

      4. The Writs Execution (Scotland) Act 1877 (c. 40)

        1. 4.In section 3(a) of the Writs Execution (Scotland) Act 1877...

      5. The Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889 (c. 39)

        1. 5.In section 11A of the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act (application...

      6. The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Extracts Act 1892 (c. 17)

        1. 6.(1) The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Extracts Act 1892 is amended...

      7. The Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926 (c. 16)

        1. 7.(1) The Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926 is amended...

      8. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 43)

        1. 8.(1) The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 is amended as...

      9. The Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9)

        1. 9.(1) The Taxes Management Act 1970 is amended as follows....

      10. The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58)

        1. 10.In section 32(1) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971...

      11. The Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22)

        1. 11.In section 92(3) of the Animal Health Act 1981 (power...

      12. The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27)

        1. 12.In section 27 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act...

      13. The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66)

        1. 13.(1) The 1985 Act is amended as follows.

      14. The Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)

        1. 14.(1) The Insolvency Act 1986 is amended as follows.

      15. The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47)

        1. 15.In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid...

      16. The Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18)

        1. 16.(1) The 1987 Act is amended as follows.

      17. The Abolition of Domestic Rates etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47)

        1. 17.(1) Schedule 2 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates etc....

      18. The Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)

        1. 18.In section 38 of the Child Support Act 1991 (enforcement...

      19. The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

        1. 19.In section 121B of the Social Security Administration Act 1992—...

      20. The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)

        1. 20.(1) Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992...

      21. The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)

        1. 21.In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Tribunals and...

      22. The Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 43)

        1. 22.In section 32 of the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act...

      23. The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)

        1. 23.In section 221 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995...

      24. The Finance Act 1997 (c. 16)

        1. 24.In section 52 of the Finance Act 1997—

      25. The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7)

        1. 25.In schedule 3 to the Ethical Standards in Public Life...

      26. The Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3)

        1. 26.(1) Schedule 4 to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002...

      27. The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)

        1. 27.In Part 2 of schedule 2 to the Scottish Public...

      28. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)

        1. 28.In schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act...

      29. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

        1. 29.In section 123 of the Proceeds of Crime Act (inhibition...

      30. The Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17)

        1. 30.(1) The 2002 Act is amended as follows.

      31. The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4)

        1. 31.In schedule 2 to the Public Appointments and Public Bodies...

      32. The Finance Act 2003 (c. 14)

        1. 32.In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 12 to the Finance Act...

      33. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

        1. 33.In section 103(6) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (warrant...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Repeals and revocation

      1. Part 1 Repeals

      2. Part 2 Revocation

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