The Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitionals) Order 2011

Made: 20th January 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections224(2) and 227(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007[^f00001].

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitionals) Order 2011.

Interpretation

2

In this Order, “the Act” means the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007.

Appointed day – enforcement

3

The following provisions of the Act, in so far as not already in force, come into force on 31stJanuary 2011:—

• (a) section 51(2), (3)(b), (4) and (5);

• (b) section 53;

• (c) section 61(1) to (3);

• (d) section 63(1) and (2) only for the purposes of making regulations;

• (e) section 66;

• (f) section 75;

• (g) sections 77 and 78; and

• (h) schedule 5, paragraph 7(2)(c) (amendment of the Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926[^f00002]) and section 226(1) in so far as relating to that amendment.

Appointed day – enforcement

4

Sections 62 to 65 of the Act, in so far as not already in force, come into force on 1st April 2011.

Revocation of transitional modifications – references to “judicial officer”

5

Article 4 of each of the following orders is revoked with effect from 31st January 2011:—

• (a) the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3, Savings and Transitionals) Order 2008[^f00003];

• (b) the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Savings and Transitionals) Order 2009[^f00004]; and

• (c) the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional) Order 2009[^f00005].

Signed

FERGUS EWING — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 20th January 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force provisions of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) (“the Act”).

Article 3 brings provisions of Part 3 of the Act (enforcement) on the regulation of officers of court into force on 31st January 2011. Article 4 brings further provisions of that Part in relation to the conduct of officers of court into force on 1st April 2011.

Provisions of Part 3 of the Act brought into force by this Order are amended by schedule 4 to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8) (“the 2010 Act”). Those amendments abolish the Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission, replace references to “judicial officers” in the Act with references to messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers and make other changes to the supervisory and regulatory structures for officers of court.

Article 5 revokes transitional arrangements for references to “judicial officer” superseded by the amendments made in schedule 4 to the 2010 Act.

The Act received Royal Assent on 15th January 2007. Sections 224, 225 and 227 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent and section 222 came into force on the day after Royal Assent.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 asp3.

[^f00002]: 1926 c.16.

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2008/115.

[^f00004]: S.S.I. 2009/67.

[^f00005]: S.S.I. 2009/369.