465 Continued effect of certain charges validated by Act of 1972.S
(1)Any floating charge which—
(a)purported to subsist as a floating charge on 17th November 1972, and
(b)if it had been created on or after that date, would have been validly created by virtue of the M1Companies (Floating Charges and Receivers) (Scotland) Act 1972,
is deemed to have subsisted as a valid floating charge as from the date of its creation.
(2)Any provision which—
(a)is contained in an instrument creating a floating charge or in any ancillary document executed prior to, and still subsisting at, the commencement of that Act,
(b)relates to the ranking of charges, and
(c)if it had been made after the commencement of that Act, would have been a valid provision,
is deemed to have been a valid provision as from the date of its making.
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