Section 9B Articles exempt from interim attachmentF1

It is not competent to attach by interim attachment—

(a)

any article within a dwellinghouse;

(b)

any article which, by virtue of section 11 below, it is not competent to attach;

(c)

a mobile home which is the only or principal residence of a person other than the debtor;

(d)

any article of a perishable nature or which is likely to deteriorate substantially and rapidly in condition or value; or

(e)

where the debtor is engaged in trade, any article acquired by the debtor—

(i)

to be sold by the debtor (whether or not after adaptation); or

(ii)

as a material for a process of manufacturing for sale by the debtor,

in the ordinary course of that trade.

Annotations

F1: Pt. 1A inserted (1.4.2008) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 173, 227(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(1)(c) (with arts. 4-6, 10, 15) (as amended: (23.2.2009) by S.S.I. 2009/67, art. 7; (31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5(a); and (4.10.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/173, arts. 1(2), 3)