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[F1Part 1ASDiligence on the dependence

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 1A inserted (1.4.2008 except for the insertion of s. 15H(4), 22.4.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 169, 227(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(1)(b)(i) (with arts. 4-6, 10, 15) (as amended: (23.2.2009) by S.S.I. 2009/67, art. 7; (31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5(a); and (4.10.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/173, arts. 1(2), 3); S.S.I. 2009/67, art. 3(1)(c) (with arts. 4-6) (as amended (31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5(b))

Availability of diligence on the dependenceS

15BDiligence on the dependence of petitionS

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below and to sections 15C to 15F of this Act, the Court of Session may grant warrant for diligence by—

(a)arrestment; or

(b)inhibition,

on the dependence of a petition.

(2)Warrant for—

(a)arrestment on the dependence of a petition is competent only where the petition contains a prayer for payment of a sum other than by way of expenses; and

(b)inhibition on the dependence is competent only where the petition contains—

(i)such a prayer; or

(ii)a prayer for specific implement of an obligation to convey heritable property to the creditor or to grant in the creditor's favour a real right in security, or some other right, over such property.

(3)The provisions of this Act (other than section 15A), of any other enactment and of any rule of law relating to diligence on the dependence of actions shall, in so far as is practicable and unless the contrary intention appears, apply to petitions in relation to which it is competent to grant warrant for such diligence and to the parties to them as they apply to actions and to parties to them.]