The Insolvency (Regulation (EU) 2015/848) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Amendment of Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2014

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5.—(1) The Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), after the definition of “member State liquidator” insert—

“member State insolvency practitioner” has the meaning given by section 228(1) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016(2);.

(3) In column 1 of item 21 of Part 2 of the Table of Fees in the schedule (fee for conversion of a trust deed into sequestration) after “liquidator” insert “or member State insolvency practitioner”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2014/227, as amended by S.S.I. 2015/80.

(2)

2016 asp 21 (“the 2016 Act”). That definition is inserted by regulation 4(21)(g) of these Regulations. The Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2014 apply to sequestrations applied or petitioned for or trust deeds executed after 30th November 2016 by virtue of sections 234(3) and 235(1), (2) and (4) of the 2016 Act.