EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision in consequence of the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”). The Order comes into force on 1st April 2015.
Article 3 of, and the Schedule to, the Order make provision modifying primary and secondary legislation.
The modifications provided for are in consequence of provision in the 2014 Act which amends the 1985 Act by:
introducing debtor contribution orders in place of existing arrangements for income payment orders and agreements (see, in particular, section 4 of, and schedule 4 to, the 2014 Act); and
altering existing arrangements for discharge of a debtor who has been sequestrated (see, in particular, sections 7 and 17 of the 2014 Act).