Section 5 Sequestration of estate of deceased debtorI1

Scotland

The sequestration of the estate of a deceased debtor is—

(a)

by debtor application made by the executor, or a person entitled to be appointed as executor, on the estate,

(b)

on the petition of a qualified creditor, or qualified creditors, of the deceased debtor,

F1(c)

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(d)

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(e)

on the petition of a trustee acting under a trust deed.

Annotations

F1: S. 5(c)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/94), regs. 1, 4(3) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/337, regs. 1, 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)