Part 5

General

Charging orders

Repayable amount
46C
1
The repayable amount is the lower of—
a
the total of the qualifying expenses and any sum recoverable under subsection (2), and
b
any amount determined by the local authority.
2
A local authority may, in addition to any qualifying expenses, recover from the owner of the building concerned—
a
the amount of any fee payable in respect of registering a charging order or the discharge of a charging order,
b
any administrative or other expenses incurred by it in connection with the charging order or discharge, and
c
interest, at such reasonable rate as it may from time to time determine, from the date when a demand for payment is served until the whole amount is paid.
3
The local authority must determine—
a
the number of annual instalments, being no fewer than 5 and no more than 30, in which the repayable amount is to be paid, and
b
the date in each year on which the instalment becomes due.
Ss. 46A-46H and preceding cross-heading inserted (24.1.2015) by Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 13), ss. 1(b), 3(2)