Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023

98 Demand that application for correction be made under section 96

(1) A person may, where the conditions in subsection (2) or (3) are met, issue a demand to the person identified in an entry in the statutory pledges record as the secured creditor (the “registered creditor”) that the registered creditor apply to the Keeper under section 96 for the entry to be corrected.

(2) The conditions in this subsection are that the person—

(a) is identified as the provider, or as a co-provider, of the statutory pledge in the entry, and

(b) either—

(i) claims not to be either the provider, or a co-provider, of the statutory pledge, or

(ii) considers that all or part of the property identified as the encumbered property in the entry is not encumbered property.

(3) The conditions in this subsection are that the person—

(a) has a right in property identified as the encumbered property in the entry, and

(b) considers that all or part of the property is not encumbered property.

(4) A demand issued under subsection (1) must—

(a) be in a prescribed form, and

(b) specify a period (being a period of not less than 21 days after it is received) within which compliance with it is sought.

(5) A registered creditor may not charge a fee for compliance with a demand under subsection (1).

(6) If the registered creditor fails to comply with the demand within the period specified by virtue of subsection (4)(b), the person who made the demand may apply to the Keeper for the statutory pledges record to be corrected.