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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016/section-53",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/21",
  "legislation_title": "Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Functions of interim trustee",
  "text": "(1) An interim trustee's general function is to safeguard the debtor's estate pending the determination of the petition for sequestration.\n(2) An interim trustee, whether or not still acting in the sequestration, must supply AiB with such information as AiB considers necessary to enable AiB to discharge AiB's functions under this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 53 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/21/section/53",
    "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."
}