{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-3.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/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Disqualification from being appointed as receiver",
  "text": "(1) Section 51 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) (appointment of receiver) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (3), after paragraph (b), insert—\n“(ba) a person subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order;”.\n(3) In subsection (5), after “bankrupt” insert “or a person subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order”.\n(4) In subsection (6), after “receivers” insert\n“; and\n“bankruptcy restrictions order” means—\n(a) a bankruptcy restrictions order made under section 56A of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66);\n(b) a bankruptcy restrictions undertaking entered into under section 56G of that Act;\n(c) a bankruptcy restrictions order made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4A to this Act; or\n(d) a bankruptcy restrictions undertaking entered into under paragraph 7 of that Schedule.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/3/section/3",
    "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."
}