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Part IIS The Standard Security

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Pt. II (ss. 9-32) applied (with modifications) (12.4.1993) by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 23(6); S.I. 1992/2974, art. 2, Sch.

Pt. II (ss. 9-32) applied (with modifications) (16.7.1993) by S.I. 1993/1516, art. 5

C3The provisions of Pt. II, other than ss. 9(1) and (2), 12 and 14, applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1987/381, reg. 40(5)

21 Notice of default.S

(1)Where the debtor in a standard security is in default within the meaning of standard condition 9(1)(b), and the default is remediable, the creditor may, without prejudice to any other powers he may have by virtue of this Act or otherwise, proceed in accordance with the provisions of this section to call on the debtor and on the proprietor, where he is not the debtor, to purge the default.

(2)For the aforesaid purpose the creditor may serve on the debtor and, as the case may be, on the proprietor a notice in conformity with Form B of Schedule 6 to this Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as a “notice of default”) which shall be served in the like manner and with the like requirements as to proof of service as a calling-up notice.

[F1(2A)[F2 Sections 19A and 19B of this Act apply ]where the creditor serves a notice of default as [F3they apply] where he serves a calling-up notice.]

(3)For the purpose of dispensing with, or shortening, the period of notice mentioned in a notice of default, [F4subsections (10) and (10B) of section 19 of this Act shall apply as they apply] in relation to a calling-up notice.

(4)Notwithstanding the failure to comply with any requirement contained in the notice, a notice of default shall cease to be authority for the exercise of the rights mentioned in section 23(2) of this Act on the expiration of a period of five years from the date of the notice.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 21(2A) inserted (3.12.2001) by 2001 asp 11, s. 4(2) (with s. 5); S.S.I. 2001/418, art. 2 (with transitional provision in art. 3)

F2Words in s. 21(2A) substituted (2.10.2008 for specified purposes and 1.4.2009 otherwise) by Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 10), ss. 11(2), 14(1), sch. para. 1(3); S.S.I. 2008/313, art. 2

F3Words in s. 21(2A) substituted (2.10.2008 for specified purposes and 1.4.2009 otherwise) by Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 10), ss. 11(2), 14(1), sch. para. 1(3); S.S.I. 2008/313, art. 2

F4Words in s. 21(3) substituted (30.9.2010) by Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 6), ss. 8(2), 17(3) (with s. 14); S.S.I. 2010/314, art. 3 (subject to transitional and saving provisions in S.S.I. 2010/316, arts. 4-7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4S. 21 modified (3.12.2001) by 2001 asp 11, s. 1(8)(b) (with s. 5); S.S.I. 2001/418, art. 2 (with transitional provision in art. 3)

C5Ss. 14-30 applied (with modifications) (28.11.2004) by 2000 asp 5, ss. 69, 77(2)(a) (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2