Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987
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90 Provisions relating to charges for payment.
(1) ... The execution of ... an earnings arrestment shall not be competent unless a charge for payment has been served on the debtor and the period for payment specified in the charge has expired without payment being made. (1A) The following subsections of this section apply to any case where it is competent to execute diligence only if a charge for payment has been served on the debtor. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) The period for payment specified in any charge for payment served in pursuance of a warrant for execution shall be 14 days if the person on whom it is served is within the United Kingdom and 28 days if he is outside the United Kingdom or his whereabouts are unknown. (4) Any such charge shall be in the form prescribed by Act of Sederunt or Act of Adjournal. (5) Subject to subsection (6) below, where any such charge has been served, it shall not be competent to execute diligence by virtue of that charge more than 2 years after the date of such service. (6) A creditor may reconstitute his right to execute diligence by the service of a further charge for payment. (7) No expenses incurred in the service of a further charge for payment within the period of 2 years after service of the first charge shall be chargeable against the debtor. (8) Registration of certificates of execution of charges for payment in a register of hornings shall cease to be competent.
90 Provisions relating to charges for payment.
(1) ... The execution of ... an earnings arrestment shall not be competent unless a charge for payment has been served on the debtor and the period for payment specified in the charge has expired without payment being made. (1A) The following subsections of this section apply to any case where it is competent to execute diligence only if a charge for payment has been served on the debtor. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) The period for payment specified in any charge for payment served in pursuance of a warrant for execution shall be 14 days if the person on whom it is served is within the United Kingdom and 28 days if he is outside the United Kingdom or his whereabouts are unknown. (4) Any such charge shall be in the form prescribed by Act of Sederunt or Act of Adjournal. (5) Subject to subsection (6) below, where any such charge has been served, it shall not be competent to execute diligence by virtue of that charge more than 2 years after the date of such service. (6) A creditor may reconstitute his right to execute diligence by the service of a further charge for payment. (7) No expenses incurred in the service of a further charge for payment within the period of 2 years after service of the first charge shall be chargeable against the debtor. (8) Registration of certificates of execution of charges for payment in a register of hornings shall cease to be competent.
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