(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force section 13 of, and schedule 4 to, the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the Act”) on the regulation of officers of court. Those provisions amend the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.18) and the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 to abolish the Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission and make other changes to the supervisory and regulatory structures for messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers.
The provisions are brought into force on 31st January 2011 and on 1st April 2011.
Sections 103, 109, 132, 133 and 134 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent.