Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2507 (S.196)

Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 1996

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1996 No. 2507 (S.196)

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

INSOLVENCY
BANKRUPTCY, SCOTLAND

Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 1996

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971^[1], sections 1A(1)(b), 14(4) and 25(2) of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985^[2], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved, with modifications, draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of the said Act of 1971, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement
    1.—(1)  This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

    (2)  This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Bankruptcy Rules
    2.    The Schedule to this Act of Sederunt shall have the effect of providing rules in the sheriff court for the purpose of the Bankruptcy (Scotland)Act 1985.

Revocation and saving
    3.    The Act of Sederunt (Bankruptcy Rules) 1993 ^[3] is hereby revoked.

Hope of Craighead

Lord President I.P.D.
Edinburgh

27th September 1996

[1] 1971 c. 58; section 32 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), Schedule 2, paragraph 12, by the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(4), and by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2). back

[2] 1985 c. 66; section 1A was inserted by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 6) ("the 1993 Act"), section 1; section 14(4) was amended by the 1993 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 3; and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 was substituted by the 1993 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 30. back

[3] S.I. 1993/921. back

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