{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/18",
  "legislation_title": "Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 to 7 below, there shall be chargeable against the debtor any expenses incurred—\n(a) subject to section 90(7) of this Act, in serving a charge;\n(b) in serving a notice under section 18 of this Act before entering a dwellinghouse for the purpose of executing a poinding;\n(c) in executing a poinding under section 20 of this Act;\n(d) in making a report under section 21(4) of this Act of the redemption by the debtor of any poinded article;\n(e) in granting a receipt under section 21(5) of this Act for payment for redemption under subsection (4) of that section;\n(f) in making a report under section 22 of this Act of the execution of a poinding, but not in applying for an extension of time for the making of such a report;\n(g) in applying for a warrant of sale under section 30(1) of this Act;\n(h) in granting a receipt under section 33(3) of this Act for payment for the redemption of any poinded article;\n(j) in making a report under section 33(5)(b) of this Act of the release or redemption of poinded articles;\n(k) in making intimation, serving a copy of the warrant of sale and giving public notice under section 34 of this Act;\n(l) in removing any articles for sale in pursuance of a warrant of sale;\n(m) in making arrangements for, conducting and supervising a warrant sale;\n(n) where the arrangements for a sale have been cancelled under section 36(1) of this Act, in returning poinded articles to any premises from which they have been removed for sale;\n(o) in making a report of an agreement under section 36(2) of this Act;\n(p) subject to section 39(3) of this Act, in making a report of sale under that section;\n(q) in granting a receipt under section 41(4) of this Act for payment for the release from a poinding of any article which is owned in common;\n(r) in making a report under section 41(5)(b) of this Act of the release of any such article;\n(s) in opening shut and lockfast places in the execution of the diligence;\n(t) by a solicitor in instructing an officer of court to take any of the steps specified in this sub-paragraph.\n(2) The Lord Advocate may by regulations add to, delete or vary any of the steps specified in sub-paragraph (1) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:44.895234+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."
}