{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-61.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/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Regulation of officers of court",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations—\n(a) confer functions on;\n(b) remove functions from; or\n(c) otherwise modify the functions of,\nofficers of court.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations—\n(a) prescribe the types of business association which officers of court may form in order to carry out their functions;\n(b) make provision about the ownership, membership, management and control of those business associations;\n(c) prescribe conditions which must be satisfied by those business associations;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Before making regulations under subsection (1) or (2) above, the Scottish Ministers must consult —\n(a) the Lord President of the Court of Session; and\n(b) each sheriff principal.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 61(1) substituted (31.1.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 4 para. 13(1)(a); S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 61(2)(a) substituted (31.1.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 4 para. 13(1)(a); S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 61(2)(d) repealed (31.1.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 4 para. 13(1)(b); S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 61(3) substituted (31.1.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 4 para. 13(1)(c); S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 61(4)-(7) repealed (31.1.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 4 Pt. 2; S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 61 title substituted (31.1.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 4 para. 13(2); S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 61 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 227; s. 61(1)(2)(3) in force for certain purposes at 1.4.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(4), Sch. 3 (with arts. 4-6, 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 61(1)-(3) in force at 31.1.2011 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/3/section/61",
    "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."
}