{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-3/paragraph-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-3/paragraph-4A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/18",
  "legislation_title": "Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where—\n(a) only one of the debts is an ordinary debt, the creditor in that debt shall be paid the sum equal to—\nD×ES;\n(b) more than one of the debts is an ordinary debt, each of the creditors in those debts, out of the sum mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above, shall be paid the same proportion of the amount of that creditor's debt;\n(c) only one of the debts is current maintenance, the creditor in that debt shall be paid the sum equal to—\nD×CS;\n(d) more than one of the debts is current maintenance, each of the creditors in those debts, out of the sum mentioned in sub-paragraph (c) above, shall be paid the same proportion of the amount of that creditor's debt,\nwhere—\nD is the sum deducted under subsection (5) of section 63 of this Act;\nE is the sum deducted under paragraph (a) of that subsection;\nC is the sum which would, if the only debts were the current maintenance debts, be deducted under subsection (3) of that section; and\nS is the total of E and C.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4A inserted (1.4.2008) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 199(3)(b), 227(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(1)(d) (with arts. 4-6, 10, 13, 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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/3/paragraph/4A",
    "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."
}