Regulation 33 Payments out of property recovered or preserved: exceptions
Section 17(2B) of the Act (which requires the amount of the net liability of the Fund on account of any party to be paid by that party out of any property recovered or preserved for that party) shall not apply–
in respect of any money payable–
under a decree following on an action for aliment within the meaning of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 M1;
by way of carer’s allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
by way of disabled person’s tax credit, income support or working families’ tax credit under section 124 M7, 128 M8, or 129 M9 of the 1992 Act F3, an income-related employment and support allowance, or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or a back to work bonus (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995 M10);
by way of aliment or periodical allowance or periodical payment of sums by virtue of any settlement arrived at to prevent or bring to an end proceedings in which such a decree or order as is mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) above may be granted;
by way of any F4Welfare Fund payment;
by way of any housing benefit under section 130 of the 1992 Act M11;
by way of child support maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991 M12;
under an order made by the Social Security Commissioners or F6... under any settlement arrived at to prevent or bring to an end proceedings in which such an order may be made;
by way of state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
by way of universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
by way of personal independence payment under section 79 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or by way of armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011;
by way of any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;
by way of any Windrush connected payment;
by way of any Scottish child payment;
by way of any payment made under Part 4 of the 2021 Act (financial redress for historical child abuse), or any relevant payment made or due to be made prior to the date of commencement of the redress scheme;
by way of child disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the 2021 Regulations”),
by way of short-term assistance given in accordance with Part 1 (short-term assistance) of the schedule of the 2021 Regulations,
by way of adult disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (“the 2022 Regulations”),
by way of short-term assistance given in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 2 (short-term assistance) of the 2022 Regulations,
by way of any payment made under the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme;
by way of any additional payment;
by way of carer’s allowance supplement under section 81 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;
by way of an allowance known as care experienced students bursary paid under regulation 3(1) of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022;
by way of any human trafficking or exploitation victim payment,
by way of any miscarriage of justice payment,
by way of any Grenfell Tower payment,
by way of any payment made under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme;
short-term assistance given in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 1 (short-term assistance) of the F202025 Regulations;
by way of a care leaver payment.
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in respect of any article—
which has, or has purported to have, been attached; and
in respect of which the sheriff has by virtue of subsection (3) of section 55 of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), made an order under subsection (2) of that section;
in respect of any article which is recovered or preserved from the effects of an attachment which, by virtue of—
section 11(1) of that Act of 2002; or
the article not being a non-essential asset for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act,
is incompetent;
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 33(a)(iiia) inserted (12.10.2024) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/216), regs. 1, 5(3)(a)
- F2
Reg. 33(a)(iv) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Special Urgency and Property Recovered or Preserved) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/134), regs. 1, 6 (with reg. 2)
- F3
Words in reg. 33(a)(v) inserted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 3) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1879), regs. 1(1), 38(3)
- F4
Words in reg. 33(a)(vii) substituted (11.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/142), regs. 1, 7(3)(a)
- F5
Words in reg. 33(a)(x) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/90), art. 1, sch. Pt. 3 (with art. 3)
- F6
Words in reg. 33(a)(xi) omitted (9.6.2010) by virtue of The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Transfer of Tribunal Functions) (No. 1) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/166), regs. 1, 6(5) (with reg. 2)
- F7
Reg. 33(a)(xii) inserted (9.4.2007) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/59), regs. 1, 4(a) (with reg. 2)
- F8
Reg. 33(a)(xiii) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/137), regs. 1, 13(2)
- F9
Reg. 33(a)(xiv) inserted (11.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/142), regs. 1, 7(3)(b)
- F10
Reg. 33(a)(xv)-(xvii) inserted (5.2.2021) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/424), regs. 1(2), 3(3)
- F11
Reg. 33(a)(xviii) inserted (26.11.2021) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/333), regs. 1, 3(3)
- F12
Reg. 33(a)(xix)-(xxii) inserted (21.3.2022) by The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/31), regs. 1, 8(2) (with reg. 20)
- F13
Reg. 33(a)(xxiii)(xxiv) inserted (23.1.2023) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/11), regs. 1, 3(3)(a)
- F14
Reg. 33(xxv) inserted (15.11.2023) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/313), regs. 1, 6(3)
- F15
Words in reg. 33(a)(xxv) substituted (15.3.2026) by The Carer’s Assistance (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments, Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/340), reg. 1(2), sch. 1 para. 6(3) (with reg. 5(1))
- F16
Reg. 33(a)(xxvi)(xxvii) inserted (3.10.2024) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/178), regs. 1, 3(2)
- F17
Reg. 33(a)(xxviii)-(xxxi) inserted (12.10.2024) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/216), regs. 1, 5(3)(b)
- F18
Reg. 33(a)(xxxii)(xxxiii) inserted (21.3.2025) by The Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Amendment, Revocation and Saving Provision) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/311), regs. 1, 9(3)
- F19
Word in reg. 33(a)(xxxii) substituted (1.6.2026) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/117), regs. 1, 5(3)(a)
- F20
Word in reg. 33(a)(xxxiii) substituted (1.6.2026) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/117), regs. 1, 5(3)(a)
- F21
Reg. 33(a)(xxxiv) inserted (1.6.2026) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/117), regs. 1, 5(3)(b)
- F22
Reg. 33(b) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Special Urgency and Property Recovered or Preserved) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/134), regs. 1, 6 (with reg. 2)
- F23
Reg. 33(c)(d) substituted for reg. 33(c) (30.12.2002) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), s. 64(2), sch. 3 para. 38
- F24
Reg. 33(e) inserted (23.1.2023) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/11), regs. 1, 3(3)(b)
- F25
Words in reg. 33(e) inserted (21.9.2023) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/178), regs. 1, 6(3)
Marginal citations
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- M2
1976 c.39; section 5 was repealed on 1st September 1986 by Schedule 2 to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.37) subject to a saving in section 28(3) of that Act.
- M3
Section 8 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.40), Schedule 8, the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26), section 167 and the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), section 20 and Schedule 12.
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- M5
- M6
- M7
Section 124 was amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18), Schedule 2, paragraph 30 and Schedule 3 and the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), Schedule 8, paragraph 28.
- M8
Section 128 was amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995, Schedule 2, paragraph 33 and the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c.10), section 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2.
- M9
Section 129 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14), Schedule 9, paragraph 2, the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18), section 10 and Schedule 1, paragraph 32, the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18), Schedule 2, paragraph 33 and the Tax Credits Act 1999, sections 1 and 14 and Schedule 1.
- M10
- M11
Section 130 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14), Schedule 9, the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Schedule 13, the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), section 96 and the Housing Act 1996 (c.52), Schedule 19.
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- M13