{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/468",
  "legislation_title": "The Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Notification of approval or rejection",
  "text": "(1) The DAS administrator shall send notice in writing to the money adviser for the debtor of the approval or rejection of the application for approval of a debt payment programme.\n(2) Where an application for approval of a programme is rejected, the DAS administrator shall specify the reason for the rejection.\n(3) Where an application for approval of a programme is approved–\n(a) the DAS administrator shall intimate in writing to the money adviser any condition attached under regulation 30; and\n(b) the approval shall have effect in accordance with regulation 28(2).\n(4) The money adviser shall intimate–\n(a) the approval of an application–\n(i) to the debtor;\n(ii) in form 5, to each creditor known to the adviser;\n(iii) the clerk of a court that has made–\n(aa) a conjoined arrestment order; or\n(bb) an order or direction specified in regulation 26(2)(f)(ii) and (iii);\n(iv) where payments are to be made under an earnings arrestment, to the employer of the debtor; and\n(v) the payments distributor; or\n(b) the rejection of an application–\n(i) to the debtor;\n(ii) to each creditor known to the adviser; and\n(iii) the payments distributor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/187",
      "affecting_title": "The Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/234",
      "affecting_title": "The Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/468/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:09.597480+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."
}