Section 47 – Competence of creating statutory pledge over certain kinds of property
220.Subsection (1) sets out the types of moveable property in respect of which it is not competent to grant a statutory pledge. A statutory pledge is not competent in respect of property that is subject to the alternative security regimes specified in that subsection:
for aircraft and for certain ships (and shares in ships) it is possible to create an aircraft or ship mortgage, and
for aircraft objects it is possible to create an international interest under the Cape Town Convention as implemented – following ratification by the United Kingdom on 27 July 2015 – by the International Interests in Aircraft Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/912).
221.The Cape Town Convention is an international treaty intended to standardise security transactions involving certain types of moveable property, and it creates (in particular) international standards for security interests, and various legal remedies for default in financing agreements (including repossession).
222.Subsection (2) limits the scope of a statutory pledge over incorporeal moveable property to the types of property listed in that subsection. However, subsection (3) gives the Scottish Ministers a regulation-making power to expand the list.
