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Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987
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[F173AArrestment and action of furthcoming to proceed only on decree or document of debtS
(1)Arrestment and action of furthcoming or sale shall be competent only in execution of—
(a)subject to subsection (2) below, a decree; or
(b)a document of debt.
(2)Arrestment and action of furthcoming or sale in execution of a summary warrant shall be competent only if—
(a)the debtor has been charged to pay the debt due by virtue of the summary warrant; and
(b)the period for payment specified in the charge has expired without payment being made.
(3)Any rule of law, having effect immediately before the coming into force of this section, as to the decrees or documents on which arrestment and action of furthcoming or sale can proceed shall, in so far as inconsistent with this section, cease to have effect.
(4)In this Part of this Act—
“decree” means—
(a)a decree of the Court of Session, of the High Court of Justiciary or of the sheriff;
(b)a decree of the Court of Teinds;
(c)a summary warrant;
(d)a civil judgment granted outside Scotland by a court, tribunal or arbiter which by virtue of any enactment or rule of law is enforceable in Scotland;
(e)an order or determination which by virtue of any enactment is enforceable as if it were an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff;
(f)a warrant granted, in criminal proceedings, for enforcement by civil diligence; or
(g)a liability order within the meaning of section 33(2) of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48),
being a decree, warrant, judgment, order or determination which, or an extract of which, authorises arrestment and action of furthcoming or sale; and
“document of debt” means—
(a)a document registered for execution in the Books of Council and Session or the sheriff court books; or
(b)a document or settlement which by virtue of an Order in Council under section 13 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27) is enforceable in Scotland,
being a document or settlement which, or an extract of which, authorises arrestment and action of furthcoming or sale.
(5)The Scottish Ministers may, by order, modify the definitions of “decree” and “document of debt” in subsection (4) above so as to—
(a)add or remove types of decree or document to or, as the case may be, from those referred to in that provision; or
(b)vary any of the descriptions of the types of decree or document there referred to.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3A inserted (1.4.2008 for the insertion of ss. 73A(5), 73B(2), 73C(2), 73E(3), 73F(6), 73G(2), 73H(1)(2), 73M(2)(a), 73Q(3)(a), 73S(1)(2) for specified purposes and for the insertion of s. 73A(2), 22.4.2009 otherwise except for the insertion of s. 73D) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 206, 227(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(1)(e)(4), sch. 3 (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)(b) (with arts. 4-6) (as amended (31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5(b))
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