150 Property: general provisionsS
(1)Property is all property wherever situated and includes—
(a)money;
(b)all forms of property whether heritable or moveable and whether corporeal or incorporeal.
(2)The following rules apply in relation to property—
(a)property is held by a person if he holds an interest in it;
(b)property is obtained by a person if he obtains an interest in it;
(c)property is transferred by one person to another if the first one transfers or grants an interest in it to the second;
(d)references to property held by a person include references to his property vested in his F1... trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator[F2or in the trustee or interim trustee in the sequestration, under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016), of his estate];
(e)references to an interest held by a person beneficially in property include references to an interest which would be held by him beneficially if the property were not so vested;
(f)references to an interest, in relation to land in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, are to any legal estate or equitable interest or power;
(g)references to an interest, in relation to land in Scotland, are to any estate, interest, servitude or other heritable right in or over land, including a heritable security;
(h)references to an interest, in relation to property other than land, include references to a right (including a right to possession).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 150(2)(d) omitted (30.11.2016) by virtue of The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(a)
F2Words in s. 150(2)(d) inserted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 3 applied by Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11), Sch. 8 paras. 17(4A), 34(3A) (as substituted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 39(4)(5); S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(b)(2), sch. (with art. 7); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.
C2S. 150(2)(a)(c)-(g) applied (1.1.2006) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3181), arts. 1, 87(2)
C3S. 150(2)(c)-(g) applied (1.1.2006) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3181), arts. 1, 87(2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 150 in force at 24.3.2003 by S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(a)