- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (05/11/1993)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
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(1)Subject to section 33 of this Act, the whole estate of the debtor shall vest as at the date of sequestration in the permanent trustee for the benefit of the creditors; and—
(a)the estate shall so vest by virtue of the act and warrant issued on confirmation of the permanent trustee’s appointment; and
(b)the act and warrant shall, in respect of the heritable estate in Scotland of the debtor, have the same effect as if a decree of adjudication in implement of sale, as well as a decree of adjudication for payment and in security of debt, subject to no legal reversion, had been pronounced in favour of the permanent trustee.
(2)The exercise by the permanent trustee of any power conferred on him by this Act in respect of any heritable estate vested in him by virtue of the act and warrant shall not be challengeable on the ground of any prior inhibition (reserving any effect of such inhibition on ranking).
(3)Where the debtor has an uncompleted title to any heritable estate in Scotland, the permanent trustee may complete title thereto either in his own name or in the name of the debtor, but completion of title in the name of the debtor shall not validate by accretion any unperfected right in favour of any person other than the permanent trustee.
(4)Any moveable property, in respect of which but for this subsection—
(a)delivery or possession; or
(b)intimation of its assignation,
would be required in order to complete title to it, shall vest in the permanent trustee by virtue of the act and warrant as if at the date of sequestration the permanent trustee had taken delivery or possession of the property or had made intimation of its assignation to him, as the case may be.
(5)Any non-vested contingent interest which the debtor has shall vest in the permanent trustee as if an assignation of that interest had been executed by the debtor and intimation thereof made at the date of sequestration.
(6)Any person claiming a right to any estate claimed by the permanent trustee may apply to the court for the estate to be excluded from such vesting, a copy of the application being served on the permanent trustee; and the court shall grant the application if it is satisfied that the estate should not be so vested.
(7)Where any successor of a deceased debtor whose estate has been sequestrated has made up title to, or is in possession of, any part of that estate, the court may, on the application of the permanent trustee, order the successor to convey such estate to him.
(8)In subsection (1) above the “whole estate of the debtor” means [F1, subject to subsection (9) below [F2 and to section 89(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992],] his whole estate at the date of sequestration, wherever situated, including—
(a)any income or estate vesting in the debtor on that date; and
(b)the capacity to exercise and to take proceedings for exercising, all such powers in, over, or in respect of any property as might have been exercised by the debtor for his own benefit as at, or on, the date of sequestration or might be exercised on a relevant date (within the meaning of section 32(10) of this Act).
[F3(9)Subject to subsection (10) below, the “whole estate of the debtor” does not include any interest of the debtor as tenant under any of the following tenancies—
(a)a tenancy which is an assured tenancy within the meaning of Part II of the M1 Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, or
(b)a protected tenancy within the meaning of the M2 Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 in respect of which, by virtue of any provision of Part VIII of that Act, no premium can lawfully be required as a condition of the assignation, or
(c)a secure tenancy within the meaning of Part III of the M3 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.
(10)On the date on which the permanent trustee serves notice to that effect on the debtor, the interest of the debtor as tenant under any of the tenancies referred to in subsection (9) above shall form part of his estate and vest in the permanent trustee as if it had vested in him under section 32(6) of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 75:1), s. 118(1)
F2Words in s. 31(8) substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para.69.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 31(8) restricted (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), s. 89(2) (with s. 93(1)).
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