{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-139.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/3",
  "legislation_title": "Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/139",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Termination by payment etc.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, if the full sum recoverable by the residual attachment is either paid or tendered to—\n(a) the creditor;\n(b) where one has been appointed, the appointed person; or\n(c) an officer of court or any other person who has authority to receive payment on behalf of the creditor,\nthe residual attachment ceases to have effect.\n(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply unless the sum is paid or tendered before—\n(a) where a satisfaction order authorising sale of the attached property is made, a contract of sale of the attached property is concluded; or\n(b) in any other case, the attached property is otherwise disposed of.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 139(1)(c) substituted (31.1.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 4 para. 25(a); S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/3/section/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:03.393234+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}