Exceptional attachment

18Notice and redemption periods

1

Part 3 of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 is modified as follows.

2

In section 53 (removal of articles attached in dwellinghouse), in subsection (2), at the end insert “(which is to be not less than 7 days from the date on which the notice is given)”.

3

In section 56 (redemption), in subsection (1), for the words from “, within 7 days” to the end of that subsection substitute

a

where an article was removed immediately by the officer from the dwellinghouse in which it was attached, to redeem that article within 7 days of the date on which it was attached,

b

where an article was not removed immediately by the officer from the dwellinghouse in which it was attached, to redeem that article within 14 days of the date on which it was attached.