New section 56H – Bankruptcy restrictions undertakings: application of section 67(9)
18.Section 56H provides for section 67(9) of the 1985 Act to apply to a debtor who is subject to a BRU if the debtor has specified in the undertaking that it is to apply and the AiB has approved the undertaking on those terms. Section 67(9) states that a debtor, who has obtained credit in excess of £500 in a single transaction without informing the lender of the debtor’s status as an undischarged bankrupt or as someone subject to a BRO or BRU made in England and Wales, will have committed an offence. This offence will also apply to any debtor who, over a number of transactions, obtains any amount of credit above a maximum level of £1,000. The effect of section 56H is to apply these restrictions to a debtor subject to a BRU entered into in Scotland under section 56G.
