Rule 1.2 InterpretationI1

In this Act of Sederunt—

• “the 2016 Act” means the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016;

• “AiB sequestration” means the sequestration of a debtor’s estate by AiB following a debtor application made under the following provisions of the 2016 Act—

  1. (a)

     section 2(1)(a);

  2. (b)

     section 5(a);

  3. (c)

     section 6(3)(a);

  4. (d)

     section 6(4)(a);

  5. (e)

     section 6(4)(b); or

  6. (f)

     section 6(7)(a);

• F1“Council Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th May 2015 on insolvency proceedings, as amended from time to time.

• “Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency” means the Model Law on cross-border insolvency as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 30th May 1997 as set out in schedule 1 of the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006^f1;

• “Register of Inhibitions” means the register mentioned in section 44(1) of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924^f2.

In this Act of Sederunt, the following expressions have the meaning given by section 228(1) of the 2016 Act—

• “AiB”;

• “debtor application”;

• “establishment”;

• “main proceedings”;

• “member State F2insolvency practitioner”;

• “temporary administrator”.