# Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007, Section 174: Money attachment


(1) There is to be a form of diligence over money owned by a debtor to be known as money attachment.
(2) Money attachment is competent to enforce payment of a debt but only if—
(a) the debt is constituted by a decree or document of debt;
(b) the debtor has been charged to pay the debt;
(c) the period for payment specified in the charge has expired without payment being made; and
(d) where the debtor is an individual, the creditor has, no earlier than 12 weeks before executing the money attachment, provided the debtor with a debt advice and information package.
(3) Money attachment is not competent in relation to money—
(a) kept within a dwellinghouse; or
(b) in relation to which arrestment is competent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/3/section/174 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-174
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