The Bankruptcy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015
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Citation and commencement
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Amendment of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Regulations 2014
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Amendment of the Bankruptcy (Applications and Decisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
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Amendment of the Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2014
SCHEDULE 1
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Regulations 2014 - Forms
List of Forms to be substituted
SCHEDULE 2
Bankruptcy (Applications and Decisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 - Form 4
FORM 4
Report of statutory meeting appointing replacement trustee: section 25(2)(a)
2015 No. 80

Insolvency

Bankruptcy

The Bankruptcy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Made
25th February 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
27th February 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1A(1)(b) and (5), 2(8), 5(2ZA)(a)(ii), (2D) and (6A), 6(7), 7(1)(d), 11(1), 19(2), 22(2)(a) and (6), 23(1)(a), 32(9A), 40(3B), 43A(2), 43B(1), 45(3)(a), 49(3), 51(7)(a), 54(2), 54A(2), 54C(2), 54D(2)(a) and (c), 54E(2) and (5), 69, 69A, 71C, 72(1A), 72A and 73(1) of and paragraphs 5(1) and 6 of Schedule 3 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1985 c.66. Sections 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D were substituted for section 1 by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.6) (“the 1993 Act”), section 1. Section 1A(1)(b) was amended by the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) (“the 2007 Act”), schedule 6, the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 11) (“the 2014 Act”), section 22 and schedule 3, paragraph 3 and by S.I. 1999/1820. Section 1A(5) was inserted by the 2014 Act, section 22. Section 2(8) was inserted by the 2014 Act, section 9. Section 5(2ZA) was inserted by the 2014 Act, section 5. Section 5(2D) was inserted by the 2007 Act, section 26. Section 5(6A) was substituted by the 2007 Act, schedule 1, paragraph 4 and is applied for the purposes of section 6 by section 6(8) which was amended by the 2007 Act, section 14 and the 2014 Act, schedule 3, paragraph 6. Section 7(1) was amended by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.41), section 45, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33), Schedule 15, paragraph 108, the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c.37), Schedule 1, paragraph 10 and Schedule 3, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c.29), Schedule 11, paragraph 15, the 2007 Act, schedule 6, the 2014 Act, schedule 3, paragraph 7 and by S.I. 2003/2109 and S.S.I. 2011/141. Section 11(1) was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 1, paragraph 9. Section 19 was substituted by the 1993 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 7 and section 19(2) was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 1, paragraph 17 and schedule 6. Section 22(2) was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 6. Section 22(2)(a) is applied, with modifications, for the purposes of section 48 by section 48(3) which was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 6. Section 22(6) is applied, with modifications, for the purposes of section 48 by section 48(7) which was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 6 and the 2014 Act, schedule 3, paragraph 24. Section 23(1) was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 6. Section 32(9A) was inserted by the 2007 Act, section 19. Section 40(3B) was inserted by the Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 6) (“the 2010 Act”), section 11. Section 43A was inserted by the 2007 Act, section 30 and was amended by the 2014 Act, schedule 3, paragraph 22. Section 43B was inserted by the 2014 Act, section 2. Section 45(3) was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 6 and the 2014 Act, section 24. Section 49(3) was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 6. Sections 54 and 54A were substituted for section 54 by the 2014 Act, section 17. Section 54C was inserted by the 2014 Act, section 7. Sections 54D and 54E were inserted by the 2014 Act, section 19. Section 69 was amended by the 2007 Act, schedule 1, paragraph 58 and schedule 6. Section 69A was inserted by section 8 of the 1993 Act. Section 71C was inserted by the 2014 Act, section 36. Section 72(1A) was inserted by the 2014 Act, schedule 3, paragraph 34(a). Section 72A was inserted by paragraph 28 of Schedule 1 to the 1993 Act. The definition of “statement of assets and liabilities” was inserted into section 73(1) by the 1993 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 29. Section 73(1) 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 so far as exercisable within devolved competence were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).