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(1)The sheriff shall grant an application for a bankruptcy restrictions order if he thinks it appropriate having regard to the conduct of the debtor (whether before or after the date of sequestration).
(2)The sheriff shall, in particular, take into account any of the following kinds of behaviour on the part of the debtor—
(a)failing to keep records which account for a loss of property by the debtor, or by a business carried on by him, where the loss occurred in the period beginning 2 years before the date of presentation of the petition for sequestration or, as the case may be, the date the debtor application was made and ending with the date of the application for a bankruptcy restrictions order;
(b)failing to produce records of that kind on demand by—
(i)the Accountant in Bankruptcy;
(ii)the interim trustee; or
(iii)the trustee;
(c)making a gratuitous alienation or any other alienation for no consideration or for no adequate consideration which a creditor has, under any rule of law, right to challenge;
(d)creating an unfair preference or any other preference which a creditor has, under any rule of law, right to challenge;
(e)making an excessive pension contribution;
(f)failing to supply goods or services which were wholly or partly paid for which gave rise to a claim submitted by a creditor under section 22 or 48 of this Act;
(g)trading at a time before the date of sequestration when the debtor knew or ought to have known that he was to be unable to meet his debts;
(h)incurring, before the date of sequestration, a debt which the debtor had no reasonable expectation of being able to pay;
(j)failing to account satisfactorily to—
(i)the sheriff;
(ii)the Accountant in Bankruptcy;
(iii)the interim trustee; or
(iv)the trustee,
for a loss of property or for an insufficiency of property to meet his debts;
(k)carrying on any gambling, speculation or extravagance which may have materially contributed to or increased the extent of his debts or which took place between the date of presentation of the petition for sequestration or, as the case may be, the date the debtor application was made and the date on which sequestration is awarded;
(l)neglect of business affairs of a kind which may have materially contributed to or increased the extent of his debts;
(m)fraud or breach of trust;
(n)failing to co-operate with—
(i)the Accountant in Bankruptcy;
(ii)the interim trustee; or
(iii)the trustee.
(3)The sheriff shall also, in particular, consider whether the debtor—
(a)has previously been sequestrated; and
(b)remained undischarged from that sequestration at any time during the period of 5 years ending with the date of the sequestration to which the application relates.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (2) above—
“excessive pension contribution” shall be construed in accordance with section 36A of this Act; and
“gratuitous alienation” means an alienation challengeable under section 34(1) of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 56A-56K and preceding cross-heading inserted (1.4.2008) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 2(1), 227(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(1)(a) (with arts. 4-6, 10 (as amended (with effect from 31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5))
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