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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987

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Version Superseded: 01/04/1996

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Point in time view as at 31/03/1996. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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24 Power to facilitate realisation.S

(1)Without prejudice to any enactment or rule of law in respect of the recording of deeds relating to heritable property or the registration of interests therein, the [F1court], to facilitate realisation under section 13 of this Act, may—

(a)order any person (in this section referred to as “A”) holding an interest in property, not being such person (in this section referred to as “B”) as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 5(1) of this Act, to make such payment to an administrator appointed to realise estate comprising an interest of B in that property as the [F1court] may direct and may, subject to such payment being made—

(i)authorise the administrator to transfer B’s interest to A or to discharge it in favour of A; or

(ii)itself by order so transfer or discharge B’s interest; or

(b)by order—

(i)transfer A’s interest to B; or

(ii)discharge it in favour of B,on the administrator making such payment to A out of that estate in respect of A’s interest as the [F1court] may direct.

(2)The Court may make such incidental provision in relation to any exercise of powers conferred on it by subsection (1) above as it considers appropriate; but it shall not exercise those powers without giving such persons as hold an interest in the property reasonable opportunity to make representations to it in that regard.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in s. 24 substituted (31.3.1996) by 1995 c. 20, s. 113(3), Sch. 5 para. 23; S.I. 1996/517, arts. 3(2), 5

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