{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-and-attachment-scotland-act-2002/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-and-attachment-scotland-act-2002/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2002/17",
  "legislation_title": "Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-and-attachment-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act—\n“ approved intermediary ” means any person, not being a money adviser, who has been approved by the Scottish Ministers as a person who may give advice to a debtor for the purposes of section 3(1) above;\n“money adviser” means any person who has been approved by the Scottish Ministers as a person who may give advice to a debtor for the purposes of section 3(1) above; and\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “approved intermediary” in s. 9(1) inserted (8.3.2007) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 212(6), 227(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2007/82, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 9(2) repealed (30.6.2014 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 11), ss. 53(4), 57(2); S.S.I. 2014/172, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3); S.S.I. 2014/261, art. 3 (with arts. 4-7, 12) (as amended by S.S.I. 2015/54, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 modified (30.11.2004) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (Transfer of Functions to the Accountant in Bankruptcy) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/448), arts. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9(1) in force at 24.9.2004 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2004/416, art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 9(1) in force at 30.11.2004 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2004/416, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 9(2) in force at 30.11.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/416, art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/17/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:56.910761+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."
}