{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/21",
  "legislation_title": "Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Sequestration of estate of deceased debtor",
  "text": "The sequestration of the estate of a deceased debtor is—\n(a) by debtor application made by the executor, or a person entitled to be appointed as executor, on the estate,\n(b) on the petition of a qualified creditor, or qualified creditors, of the deceased debtor,\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) on the petition of a trustee acting under a trust deed.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/21/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:26.578362+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."
}