2014 No. 227

Insolvency

Bankruptcy

The Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2014
Made
20th August 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
21st August 2014
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69A and 72(1A) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1985 c.66 (“the 1985 Act”). Section 69A of the 1985 Act was inserted by section 8 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.6) (“the 1993 Act”). Section 72(1A) is inserted by paragraph 34(a) of schedule 3 to the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 11) (“the 2014 Act”). Section 73(1) of the 1985 Act contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The 1985 Act was significantly amended by sections 1 to 8 of and Schedule 1 to the 1993 Act, by Part 1 (except for sections 3, 4, 33 and 34) of and schedule 1, schedule 5, paragraph 13 and schedule 6, Part 1 to the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) (“the 2007 Act”), by article 8 of S.S.I. 2008/82 and by the 2014 Act.