The Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Interest on unpaid fees

12.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where all or part of a fee payable—

(a) under Part 2 of the table of fees is unpaid 30 days after the date on which it is due under regulation 8;

(b) under Part 2 of the table of fees in the schedule of the Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2014(1)—

(i) falls due under regulation 8 of those Regulations on or after 3rd April 2017; and

(ii) is unpaid 30 days after the date on which it is due;

(c) under Part 2 of the table of fees in the schedule of the Bankruptcy Fees etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2012(2)—

(i) falls due under regulation 8 of those Regulations on or after 3rd April 2017; and

(ii) is unpaid 30 days after the date on which it is due; or

(d) under Part 2 of the table of fees in the schedule of the Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 1993(3)—

(i) falls due on or after 3rd April 2017; and

(ii) is unpaid 30 days after the date on which it is due.

(2) AiB may serve on the person due to pay the fee a written request for payment of—

(i) the unpaid amount; and

(ii) interest to run on that amount as it falls due in accordance with paragraph (3).

(3) Where such a request is served, the fee payable by that person is increased by simple interest on the unpaid amount calculated at 8% per annum from the day after the date on which that request is received until the day before the date of payment.

(1)

S.S.I. 2014/227, as amended by S.S.I. 2015/80 and revoked by regulation 14 of these Regulations. The fee continues to be payable by virtue of sections 234(3) and 235(1), (2) and (4) of the 2016 Act and regulation 13 of these Regulations.

(2)

S.S.I. 2012/118, as amended by S.S.I. 2013/318 and revoked by S.S.I. 2014/227. Certain fees (but not items 10, 11, 12 and 13) in the table of fees in S.S.I. 2012/118 continue to be payable by virtue of regulation 13 of S.S.I. 2014/227, sections 234(3) and 235(1), (2) and (4) of the 2016 Act, and regulation 13 of these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 1993/486, as amended by S.I. 1999/752 and S.S.I. 2007/220, S.S.I. 2008/5 and S.S.I. 2008/79, S.S.I. 2009/97, S.S.I. 2010/76 and S.S.I. 2011/142. Certain fees continue to be payable by virtue of regulation 15 of S.S.I. 2012/118, regulation 13 of S.S.I. 2014/227, sections 234(3) and 235(1), (2) and (4) of the 2016 Act, and regulation 13 of these Regulations.