{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-recovery-and-reform-scotland-act-2022/section-20",
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  "legislation": "asp/2022/8",
  "legislation_title": "Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-recovery-and-reform-scotland-act-2022",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Bankruptcy: meaning of “qualified creditor” and “qualified creditors”",
  "text": "(1) The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 is modified by subsection (2).\n(2) In section 7(1) (qualified creditor and qualified creditors)—\n(a) in the definition of “qualified creditor”, for “£3,000” substitute “£5,000”,\n(b) in the definition of “qualified creditors”, for “£3,000” substitute “£5,000”.\n(3) The modifications made by subsection (2) have no effect in relation to any sequestration in respect of which the petition was presented before 1 October 2022.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 1.10.2022, see s. 59(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/8/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:20.883893+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."
}