- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (22/08/1996)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
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(1)A debtor’s apparent insolvency shall be constituted (or, where he is already apparently insolvent, constituted anew) whenever—
(a)his estate is sequestered, or he is adjudged bankrupt in England or Wales or Northern Ireland; or
(b)[F1not being a person whose property is for the time being affected by a restraint order or subject to a confiscation, or charging, order,] he gives written notice to his creditors that he has ceased to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business; or
(c)any of the following circumstances occurs—
(i)he grants a trust deed;
(ii)following the service on him of a duly executed charge for payment of a debt, the days of charge expire without payment;
(iii)following a poinding or seizure of any of his moveable property in pursuance of a summary warrant for the recovery of rates or taxes, 14 days elapse without payment;
(iv)a decree of adjudication of any part of his estate is granted, either for payment or in security;
(v)his effects are sold under a sequestration for rent due by him; or
(vi)a receiving order is made against him in England or Wales,
unless it is shown that at the time when any such circumstances occurred, the debtor was able and willing to pay his debts as they became due [F2or that but for his property being affected by a restraint order or subject to a confiscation, or charging, order he would be able to do so]; or
(d)a creditor of the debtor, in respect of a liquid debt which amounts (or liquid debts which in aggregate amount) to not less than £750 or such sum as may be prescribed, has served on the debtor, by personal service by an officer of court, a demand in the prescribed form requiring him either to pay the debt (or debts) or to find security for its (or their) payment, and within 3 weeks after the date of service of the demand the debtor has not—
(i)complied with the demand; or
(ii)intimated to the creditor, by recorded delivery, that he denies that there is a debt or that the sum claimed by the creditor as the debt is immediately payable.
[F3In paragraph (d) above, “liquid debt” does not include a sum payable under a confiscation order; and in the foregoing provisions of this subsection—
“charging order” has the meaning assigned F4. . . [F5F4. . . by section 78(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988][F6or by section 27(2) of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994];
“confiscation order” has the meaning assigned F7. . . [F8, by section 71(9)(a) of the said Act of 1988] or by [F9section 2(9) of the said Act of 1994][F10or by section 49(1) of the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995]]; and
“restraint order” has the meaning assigned by section 9 of the said Act of 1987 [F11, by section 77(1) of the said Act of 1988] or by [F12section 26 of the said Act of 1994].
(2)A debtor’s apparent insolvency shall continue, if constituted under—
(a)subsection (1)(a) above, until his discharge; or
(b)subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) above, until he becomes able to pay his debts and pays them as they become due.
(3)The apparent insolvency of—
(a)a partnership shall be constituted either in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section or if any of the partners is apparently insolvent for a debt of the partnership;
(b)an unincorporated body shall be constituted if a person representing the body is apparently insolvent, or a person holding property of the body in a fiduciary capacity is apparently insolvent, for a debt of the body.
(4)Notwithstanding subsection (2) of section 6 of this Act, the apparent insolvency of an entity such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection may be constituted (or as the case may be constituted anew) under subsection (1) above; and any reference in the foregoing provisions of this section to a debtor shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to such an entity.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 45(5)(b)(i), 47(4)(a)
F2Words inserted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 45(5)(b)(ii), 47(4)(a)
F3Words added by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 45(5)(b)(iii), 47(4)(a)
F4S. 7(1): words in the definition of charging order omitted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 65(1), 69(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(a)
F5Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123, 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 108(a)
F6S. 7(1): words in the definition of charging order inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 65(1), 69(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(a)
F7S. 7(1): words in the definition of “confiscation order” repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 6, 7(2), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 3)
F8Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123, 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 108(b)
F9S. 7(1): words in the definition of “confiscation order” substituted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 65(1), 69(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(b)
F10S. 7(1): by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 58(3) it is provided (1.4.1996) that for the words “or by section 114(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995” there shall be substituted the words “or by section 49(1) of the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995”
F11Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123, 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 108(c)
F12S. 7(1): words in the definition of “restraint order” substituted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 65(1), 69(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(c)
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