SCHEDULE Amendment of primary and secondary legislation

PART 1Amendment of primary legislation

Amendment of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987I116

1

The Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 M1 is amended as follows.

2

In section 54 (current maintenance arrestment to be preceded by default)—

a

in subsection (1)(a)(i), omit “, (aa)”;

b

in subsection (1)(a)(ii), omit “, (ga)”;

c

in subsection (2)(a), omit “, (ga)”;

d

omit subsection (5).

3

In subsection 55 (review and termination of current maintenance arrestment), in subsection (9), omit “, (ga)”.

4

In section 66 (recall and variation of conjoined arrestment order), in subsection (5), omit “, (ga)”.

5

In section 73 (interpretation of Part III), in subsection (1), in the definition of “decree or other document”, omit paragraph (f).

6

In section 73A (arrestment and action of furthcoming to proceed only on decree or document of debt), in subsection (4), in the definition of “document of debt”, omit paragraph (c).

7

In section 106 (interpretation) omit—

a

the definition of “the 2011 Regulations”;

b

in the definition of “maintenance order”—

i

paragraph (aa);

ii

paragraph (ga);

c

the definition of “the Maintenance Regulation”.