Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007

202Intimation of arrestment schedule

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(1)Section 70 of the 1987 Act is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1), for the words “, if reasonably practicable,” substitute “take all reasonably practicable steps to”.

(3)After subsection (4), insert—

(4A)An employer on whom an earnings arrestment schedule or a current maintenance arrestment schedule is served shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable—

(a)intimate a copy of it to the debtor; and

(b)notify the debtor of—

(i)the date on which the first deduction is made; and

(ii)the sum so deducted.

(4B)An employer on whom a copy of a conjoined arrestment order is served shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the debtor of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (4A)(b) above..