The Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014

This draft replaces the one laid on 22nd August 2014 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those draft Regulations.

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 62(4) of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2014 No.  

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The Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014

Made

2014

Coming into force

for the purpose of regulation 1(2)

11th December 2014

for the purpose of regulation 1(3)

1st April 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(3)(d), 4(5), 5(4), 7 and 62(2) of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 62(4) of that Act(2).

(1)

2002 asp 17. Section 5(4) was amended by the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) (“the 2007 Act”), section 212. Section 7 was amended by the 2007 Act, section 212 and by the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 11) (“the 2014 Act”), section 53. Section 9(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. Section 9(1) was amended by the 2014 Act, Section 53.

(2)

As amended by paragraph 38 of schedule 3 to the 2014 Act. The powers used in this instrument include section 7(2)(bd) of the Act, inserted by section 3(2) of the 2014 Act. The powers to make these Regulations are exercised together by virtue of section 33(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10). The Regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of section 33(3) of that Act.