PART 1

Application or petition for sequestration

Applications and petitions

Sequestration of estate of deceased debtor
5
The sequestration of the estate of a deceased debtor is—
a
by debtor application made by the executor, or a person entitled to be appointed as executor, on the estate,
b
on the petition of a qualified creditor, or qualified creditors, of the deceased debtor,
c
on the petition of a temporary administrator,
d
on the petition of a member State insolvency practitioner appointed in main proceedings, or
e
on the petition of a trustee acting under a trust deed.
S. 5 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
Words in s. 5(d) substituted (26.6.2017) by The Insolvency (Regulation (EU) 2015/848) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/210), regs. 1, 4(3) (with reg. 9)