Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002

45 Interpretation of this Part and Parts 3 and 4

In this Part and in Parts 3 and 4 of this Act—

• “chargeable expenses” means expenses chargeable against the debtor in accordance with this Part of this Act;

• “dwellinghouse” does not include—

  (a)

  a garage, even although it forms part of the structure or building which consists of or includes the dwellinghouse; or

  (b)

  other structures or buildings used in connection with the dwellinghouse,

  but does include a mobile home or other place used as a dwelling;

• “exceptional attachment order” has the meaning given by section 47(1) below;

• “mobile home” means a caravan, houseboat or other moveable structure used as a dwelling;

• “non-essential assets” has the meaning given by schedule 2 to this Act;

• “officer” means the officer of court appointed by a creditor for the purposes of executing an attachment and arranging for the removal and auction of the articles attached;

• “sum recoverable” means the debt in respect of which the attachment is executed together with any interest thereon and any chargeable expenses; and

• “summary warrant” means a summary warrant granted under, or by virtue of, any enactment.