Explanatory Notes

Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002

2002 asp 17

17 December 2002

The Act

Part 3 – Attachment of Articles Kept in Dwellinghouses: Special Procedure

Section 54 - Professional valuation

108.This section provides that the officer, if he considers it appropriate, can arrange for an article, attached under an exceptional attachment order, to be valued by a professional valuer or other suitable skilled person. It also provides for the debtor to be notified of the new value where the valuer values the attached article at a different amount than the officer did at attachment.