Section 81 – The statutory pledges record
354.This section sets out the information which must be included in an entry in the statutory pledges record, and provides that the statutory pledges record is the totality of such entries. The information which must be included is largely self-explanatory.
355.The details of the secured creditor will be included in an entry in the statutory pledges record, but a search against the secured creditor is not permitted under section 104 of the Act (unless the Scottish Ministers specify in RSP Rules made under section 111 of the Act that such a search is permitted). It will, however, be possible for an entitled person (within the meaning given in section 107 of the Act) to request certain information about the pledge from the secured creditor.
356.A provider or secured creditor may be a legal person with an identifying number, such as a UK limited company or limited liability partnership. The Scottish Ministers will be able to specify that these identifying numbers are to be included in the entry in the statutory pledges record: see section 111(2)(a)(ii) of the Act.
357.This section provides that an entry in the statutory pledges record must include a copy of the constitutive document of the statutory pledge. The Scottish Ministers may, however, specify in RSP Rules that information in the record, including information in the constitutive document, will not be disclosed in a search of the RSP in order to protect confidential information of the parties (see section 111(2)(f)). Rules can also be made about information which can be redacted in the copy of the document which is submitted (see section 111(2)(d) and (e)).
