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Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987

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28 Removal of poinded articles.S

(1)The debtor or the person in possession of poinded articles may move them to another location if—

(a)the creditor or an officer of court on behalf of the creditor has consented in writing to their removal; or

(b)the sheriff, on an application by the debtor or the person in possession, has authorised their removal.

(2)Where poinded articles have been removed under subsection (1) above, an officer of court may, under the same warrant to poind, again poind any of the articles so removed and, notwithstanding section 25 of this Act, any articles which were not so removed, whether or not they were previously poinded; and, on the execution of any such further poinding, the original poinding shall be deemed to have been abandoned.

(3)The removal, except in accordance with this Part of this Act, from any premises of poinded articles by—

(a)the debtor; or

(b)any person, other than the creditor or an officer of court, who knows that the articles have been poinded,

shall be a breach of the poinding and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

(4)Where articles have been removed from premises otherwise than in accordance with this Part of this Act, the sheriff, on an application by the creditor—

(a)may, subject to subsection (5) below, make an order requiring the person in possession of the articles to restore them to the premises from which they were removed within a period specified in the order; and

(b)if an order under paragraph (a) above is not complied with, and it appears to the sheriff that the articles are likely to be found in premises specified in the application, may grant a warrant to officers of court—

(i)to search for the articles in those premises; and

(ii)to restore the articles to the premises from which they were removed or to make such other arrangements for their security as the sheriff may direct,

and such a warrant shall be authority to open shut and lockfast places for the purpose of its execution.

(5)Where it appears to the sheriff, on an application made to him by any person having an interest, that any article which has been removed from premises otherwise than in accordance with this Part of this Act has been acquired for value and without knowledge of the poinding, he shall—

(a)refuse an order under subsection (4)(a) above relating to that article;

(b)recall any such order which he has already made; and

(c)make an order releasing the article from the poinding.

(6)Where articles have been removed from premises otherwise than in accordance with this Part of this Act in circumstances in which the debtor is at fault the sheriff, on an application by the creditor or by an officer of court on his behalf, may, notwithstanding section 25 of this Act, authorise the poinding of other articles belonging to the debtor in the same premises.

(7)The removal of poinded articles to another location shall not have the effect of releasing the articles from the poinding.

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